Israeli drone strike wounds six in northeast Lebanon near Syrian border

An Israeli attack on Friday wounded six people in northeast Lebanon as Israel said it targeted a “Syrian terrorist” who planned anti-Israel attacks. “The Israeli attack near the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali in the Hermel district led to six wounded, including five Syrian nationals, two of them women, and one Lebanese,” Lebanon’s health ministry said. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that “an enemy military drone targeted a car” in the town, located close to the Syrian border, an area largely spared such attacks since an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed in June. Israel’s military said that it “struck a Syrian terrorist”, identified as Yusuf Ali al-Hassoun, who it said “operated under the direction of the Iranian regime and advanced terrorist attacks targeting Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers operating in southern Syria”. The Israeli military "will continue to operate to eliminate immediate threats on all fronts", it said.