A building destroyed by Israeli bombing during the last war against Hezbollah, in a photo taken on July 23, 2025, in Shebaa, in the Hasbaya district. (Credit: Matthieu Karam/L'Orient Today)
BEIRUT — The Israeli army killed an 11-year-old boy named Abbas Merhi in a drone strike on Wednesday in southern Lebanon's Marjayoun district village of Touline. The boy's father was wounded, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the South.
The strike hit a garage of a house in the village, reportedly targeting a moto that was parked inside. The Israeli army continues its aggression on southern Lebanon and increasingly the Bekaa, in violation of the November cease-fire deal it agreed to with Hezbollah via the Lebanese state, ostensibly ending the war that began in October 2023.
Also on Wednesday, the Israeli army dropped a stun grenade from a drone on Yaroun (Bint Jbeil), without causing any injuries, and its tanks fired shells on the outskirts of Shebaa village, in Hasbaya district. An Israeli drone also bombed the eastern district of Khiam, in Marjayoun district, in close proximity to al-Baraka school.
Israeli strike on the Baalbeck highway
On Tuesday night, the Israeli army killed a man driving along the Baalbeck highway, leading to Brital, in the Bekaa Valley with a drone strike on his car. On Wednesday, Israel claimed it had killed a Hezbollah member, who is believed to have been in charge of "terrorist cells in Syria."
According to a statement by the Israeli army, "Hossam Qassem Ghreib, a member of the terrorist Hezbollah who operated from Lebanese territory to lead terrorist cells in Syria that planned rocket fire toward the Golan Heights region was eliminated."
On Tuesday night, L'Orient-Le Jour's correspondent in the region, reported that an Israeli drone struck a vehicle at the entrance to the town of Brital (Baalbeck), killing Ghreib. The drone allegedly targeted the victim once and missed, fatally wounding Ghreib with a second strike. The victim was originally from the town of Zeita, a village on the Syrian border in northern Bekaa.
The man was presented as an official of "Unit 1900" of Hezbollah by Israeli Channel Kan 13 on Tuesday night, though there was no information available about this unit. The Israeli army did not mention Hezbollah's "Unit 1900," which is supposedly responsible for moving weapons for Hezbollah to Lebanon, that was referenced by the channel. The party has not commented on this incident.
Despite a cease-fire that went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024, the Israeli army continues to carry out near-daily strikes in southern Lebanon and still occupies five positions described as "strategic" along the Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel. It regularly targets Hezbollah fighters or officials, causing civilian casualties in the process. According to our tally, compiled from United Nations and Health Ministry figures, Israeli attacks in Lebanon since the truce took effect have killed at least 292 people.
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