An Israeli drone strike killed two Lebanese brothers in their car on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s news agency, as Israel said it had hit arms smugglers from a group affiliated to Hezbollah.
The National News Agency report said the pair were from the town of Shebaa and hit while driving on a road on the slopes of Mount Hermon in southeastern Lebanon, “causing their SUV to catch fire and resulting in their deaths”.
The Israeli military confirmed that they had conducted a strike near Shebaa and killed two smugglers from the “Lebanese Resistance Brigades”, a group allied to the militant organisation [Hezbollah](https://www.scmp.com/topics/hezbolla…
An Israeli drone strike killed two Lebanese brothers in their car on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s news agency, as Israel said it had hit arms smugglers from a group affiliated to Hezbollah.
The National News Agency report said the pair were from the town of Shebaa and hit while driving on a road on the slopes of Mount Hermon in southeastern Lebanon, “causing their SUV to catch fire and resulting in their deaths”.
The Israeli military confirmed that they had conducted a strike near Shebaa and killed two smugglers from the “Lebanese Resistance Brigades”, a group allied to the militant organisation Hezbollah.
“The terrorists were involved in smuggling weapons used by Hezbollah and their activities constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the Israeli military said.
“The IDF [military] will continue to operate in order to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel,” it warned.
Members of the Lebanese Red Cross lead a grieving woman away from the smoking wreckage of a car struck by an Israeli drone in Shebaa on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed the death toll.