Lebanese soldier said killed in Israeli strike, Hezbollah fires 2 rockets at north amid truce |
The Israel Defense Forces traded fire with Hezbollah on Wednesday as each side accused the other of violating a shaky ceasefire, which Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said his government was working hard to “consolidate.”
The Lebanese Armed Forces said a Lebanese soldier and his brother were killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.
It said the strike took place in the town of Khirbet Selm, outside of the Israeli-designated security zone — a ribbon of territory around 10 kilometers (six miles) deep along the length of the border in southern Lebanon, where Lebanese have been warned not to return.
The Lebanese army said the pair were on a motorcycle heading from the soldier’s post to his home in the adjacent village of Souaneh. The IDF did not immediately comment on the incident.
Meanwhile, two rockets were launched by the Iran-backed Hezbollah from Lebanon at the Upper Galilee on Wednesday afternoon, one of which was intercepted while the other struck an open area.
The missiles, the IDF said, constituted “another violation of the ceasefire understandings” by the terror group.
The incidents came a day after the Lebanese health ministry said three paramedics were killed and two soldiers were wounded in a strike on an army patrol accompanying Civil Defense medical teams and bulldozers during a rescue operation at the site of a previous Israeli strike.
On Wednesday afternoon, Israel’s limited security cabinet met at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to Hebrew media outlets, amid the fragile truces in Lebanon and Iran.
Breaking | An Israeli drone strike hits a motorbike in the town of Borj Qalaouiye in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/5dTU73QWcx — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 29, 2026
Breaking | An Israeli drone strike hits a motorbike in the town of Borj Qalaouiye in southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/5dTU73QWcx
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) April 29, 2026
Along with the rocket fire on the Galilee, sirens were also activated in the two border communities of Metula and Avivim on Wednesday due to two separate drone launches.
In both instances, the drones were downed before they crossed the border into Israeli territory,........