Lebanon reports deadly gunfire

AFP
Israel’s defense minister said the military responded to stray gunfire from Lebanon Sunday, after Lebanese state media and the health ministry reported four deaths in Israeli strikes on the south.
“The Israeli enemy strike this evening on the town of Ainata led to the death of two people,” Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) said, citing the health ministry’s emergency service.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz later said the military had targeted Ainata after “a stray bullet from a Hezbollah operative’s funeral” hit the windshield of a vehicle in the northern Israeli community of Avivim.
“We will not allow shooting from Lebanese territory toward northern communities — we will respond strongly to any violation of the ceasefire,” Katz said.
Israel’s military, meanwhile, said “a gunshot hit a parked vehicle in the area of Avivim. No injuries were reported. The shot most likely originated from Lebanese territory.”
Earlier, Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed one person was killed in an Israeli strike on Mais al-Jabal and the NNA reported one other fatality in Bint Jbeil.
The agency reported that an Israeli drone carried out “a strike on a vehicle in the town of Mais al-Jabal, resulting in one fatality.”
The NNA said it was the third Israeli strike on southern Lebanon in 24 hours.
Earlier on Sunday, the health ministry said an Israeli drone strike killed one person and wounded another when it targeted a four-wheel-drive vehicle near Yater in Bint Jbeil district at around 2:00 am, the NNA reported.
“The Israeli enemy’s air strike on a vehicle in the town of Yater resulted in the martyrdom of a citizen and the injury of another,” the ministry said in a statement carried by the agency.
