A Lebanese soldier in front of the wreckage of a car targeted by an Israeli strike, in Nmeirieh, southern Lebanon, on June 9, 2025. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
Two men, a father and his son, were killed Tuesday in an Israeli strike near Shebaa, a village in southern Lebanon bordering Israel, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry's report and information from our correspondent in the South, Mountasser Abdallah.
According to a statement from the Ministry, "an enemy Israeli drone carried out a strike on the village of Shebaa, resulting in two deaths and one injury." According to our information, the deceased are a man and his son, a soldier, who were herding sheep in the area. A third person, the second son of the same family, was injured. The bodies and the injured were taken by the Lebanese Red Cross to the government hospital in Marjayoun. It took time for the rescuers and the residents to reach the bodies due to the constant drone overflights by Israelis over the area where the three men were targeted, according to local sources.
Since the cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel took effect on Nov. 27, at least 174 people have been killed in Israeli army strikes and shootings in Lebanon, according to our count. Israel continues its strikes on Lebanon despite the cease-fire that ended more than a year of conflict, including two months of open war, with Hezbollah. Under the cease-fire, Hezbollah fighters must withdraw north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers from the Israeli border, and dismantle their military installations south of that line. Israel, on its side, was supposed to withdraw all its troops from Lebanon but has maintained five positions it considers "strategic" along the border.
The Israeli army also continues its incursions into Lebanese territory and, on the night from Monday to Tuesday, violated the Blue Line at Kouroum al-Mrah, near Mais al-Jabal, in the Marjayoun district, where it searched the area for nearly an hour.