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Shafaq News- Beirut
Israel struck multiple locations across southern
Lebanon overnight, wounding two people, while the Israeli military reported
that one of its soldiers was seriously injured during clashes near the border.
Lebanese media said an Israeli drone struck a vehicle
in Siddiqine, in Tyre district, wounding several people. Warplanes also carried
out two strikes within 30 minutes near Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh Al-Fawqa
and hit a house in Baraachit. Israeli forces razed structures near Kounine and
Al-Tiri in Bint Jbeil district as drones flew over Beirut on Friday.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry put the cumulative toll from
the war between March 2 and July 2 at 4,298 dead and 12,196 wounded, including
women and children.
Israeli Army Radio noted that troops from the 679th
Yiftach Brigade came under fire after entering a building in Bint Jbeil,
leaving one soldier seriously injured and two others lightly wounded. The
Israeli Air Force later bombed the building while ground forces searched for
the attacker.
Last week, Lebanon and Israel advanced a US-brokered
framework for a phased Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon in exchange for
the deployment of the Lebanese Army and the disarmament of armed groups.
Hezbollah and other political factions rejected the proposal, calling it a
threat to Lebanese sovereignty.
Israeli officials have maintained that no withdrawal
will occur before Hezbollah disarms, while leaked details of a reported
security annex indicate Israeli forces would retain operational freedom in
southern Lebanon without a fixed withdrawal timetable. The Lebanese Army is
expected to deploy to the first two pilot zones under US supervision during the
initial phase of the arrangement. Israel’s public broadcaster, however,
reported that the pilot phase has been postponed pending agreement on a revised
implementation mechanism.