A car hit by an Israeli strike in Zarout, in the Chouf district, on Sept. 9, 2025. Photo provided by our correspondent Mountasser Abdallah.
BEIRUT — An Israeli drone struck a car parked near a mosque in Zarout, located between the towns of Jiyyeh and Barja, in the Chouf district, about 20 kilometers south of Beirut, critically injuring one person.
The car caught fire, according to images provided by L'Orient Today's correspondent in the area, who added that the Israeli drone continued to fly overhead for some time after the attack.
The president of the Barja municipal council condemned the strike, pointing out that the road on which the attack occurred is located in a civilian residential area and "is considered vital, connecting two main towns and constituting an essential passageway for the inhabitants of Barja and Jiyyeh."
“We reaffirm our commitment to solidarity and our support for the Lebanese state, which is working and striving by all legitimate means to put an end to Israeli aggression against Lebanon,” the president added.
This strike comes as Israel continues to violate, on a near-daily basis, the cease-fire established last November, claiming to target suspected Hezbollah members and infrastructure. On Tuesday at dawn, an Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb near the Naqoura beach. The day before, five people were killed in a series of Israeli raids on what its army claimed to be an 'al-Radwan force camps' in the Bekaa.
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