Israeli drone strike in Lebanon's Hermel wounds six; Israel says it targeted Syrian operative

Mixed · 2An Israeli attack on Friday 9 October wounded six people near the town of Hawsh Al-Sayyed Ali in Lebanon's Hermel district, Lebanon's health ministry said. 1 2 Mixed · 2The ministry said the wounded were five Syrian nationals, two of them women, and one Lebanese. 1 2 Mixed · 2Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that a drone targeted a car in the town, which is close to the Syrian border. 1 2

Mixed · 2Israel's military said it struck a "Syrian terrorist", identified as Yusuf Ali Al-Hassoun, who it said operated under the direction of the Iranian regime and advanced attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers in southern Syria. 1 2 Right · 1The military alleged he planned attacks that were thwarted, including launching explosive drones and rockets toward troops in southern Syria; it did not say whether he belonged to a particular militant group, and it said it would keep acting against immediate threats on all fronts. 1 Mixed · 2The NNA said the area has largely been spared such attacks since an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed in June, though Al Jazeera adds that Israel has continued to attack Lebanon since then. 2 1

Mixed · 2Since Bashar al-Assad's ouster in December 2024, Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes in Syria, entered a UN-patrolled buffer zone in the Golan and made incursions deeper into Syria, sometimes seizing residents. 1 2 Left · 1Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told the UN General Assembly last month that Israel had carried out "500 air strikes, more than 1,200 incursions and 300 detentions" in Syria and called for its withdrawal. 2 Right · 1On Monday, Israel's military said it killed an assailant at an army outpost in the area it occupies in southern Syria. 1