The IDF clarified Tuesday that it did not strike in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, narrowing an earlier general denial that did not specify the location. The clarification follows the Lebanese Health Ministry's claim that two people were wounded in a strike there, as The Zioneer reported.
The IDF clarified Tuesday that it did not strike in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon, narrowing an earlier general denial that did not specify a location. The new statement, issued at 12:41 Jerusalem, explicitly names the Nabatieh area. This follows a series of reports from Lebanese sources claiming an attack there, including a second strike that hit a Hezbollah-linked medical team responding to an earlier incident.
At 10:23 Jerusalem, The Zioneer reported a second Israeli drone strike hitting an ambulance team from the Hezbollah-linked Islamic Health Authority and Islamic Message Scouts Association while evacuating an injured person on the outskirts of Nabatieh. Simultaneously, the Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed that two people were wounded in a drone strike in the city. The IDF's initial response at 10:23 was a denial of carrying out any strike in Nabatieh, saying no known strike occurred in the area. At 12:38, an earlier IDF statement said the military had not carried out an attack in the area without specifying the location. The clarification at 12:41 explicitly denied a strike in Nabatieh.
Background on the area: The Zioneer reported on Saturday June 27 a targeted Israeli strike on a motorcycle near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, part of a pattern of precision operations in the region. On Thursday June 25, a targeted IAF strike in the Nabatieh area reportedly eliminated operatives on site, according to a single source. Lebanese military shelling of the Nabatieh area was reported on Tuesday June 16.
The source of the reported explosion that Lebanese sources say wounded two people remains unconfirmed. The IDF asserts it did not strike the area; no party has provide independent verification of what caused the reported blast. No claim of responsibility has been made.
3 developments
- DevelopingIDF strikes Nabatieh and Sidon areas in Lebanon
- StrongIDF says it is unaware of any strikes in Kafra area of southern Lebanon
- ConfirmedIDF strikes near hospital in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, Lebanese agency reports
- ConfirmedIDF reportedly strikes Nabatieh area after Hezbollah fire at Israeli forces
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