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· collected 2026-09-04 · by Al Jazeera Staff
An Israeli air strike targeting a motorcycle has killed two people in the Lebanese town of Kfar Reman. The attack comes amid escalating tensions in southern Lebanon, with Israeli forces claiming to have captured a strategic ridge and clearing out Hezbollah fighters from tunnels underneath it. According to Lebanese authorities, since March 2, Israeli attacks have killed more than 4,000 people and injured at least 12,000 others, while displacing over one million people from their homes. The strike is part of ongoing Israeli aggression against southern Lebanon despite two previous truce agreements mediated by the US administration in June.
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On Friday, an Israeli air strike in the Lebanese town of Kfar Reman killed two people, targeting a motorcycle. The attack occurred near the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge, which Israel claims to have captured, although Hezbollah has not confirmed losing control of it. This incident is part of a broader escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, with Israeli forces intensifying attacks on southern Lebanon. In recent days, Israel has also conducted raids and artillery shelling in seven towns in the Tyre and Nabatieh districts, causing no casualties. The Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, claimed that the military had cleared Hezbollah fighters from tunnels under the strategic ridge, which overlooks a wide area of conflict.
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An Israeli air strike targeting a motorcycle has killed two people in the Lebanese town of Kfar Reman, the Ministry of Public Health has said, as Israeli forces intensify attacks on southern Lebanon.
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday that the strike hit in Nabatieh near the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge, which the Israeli army said it had captured, though Hezbollah did not confirm losing it.
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Hezbollah → run → it
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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Friday claimed the military had cleared Hezbollah fighters embedded in tunnels under the strategic ridge, which overlooks a wide area that has become one of the most hotly contested.
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that → claim → contested
Israeli raids and artillery shelling also targeted seven towns in the Tyre and Nabatieh districts, causing no casualties.
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raids → target → casualties
NNA said the attacks hit al-Mansouri, Majdal Zoun, Buyout al-Sayyad, Beit Lif and Srebbine in the Tyre district, as well as Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun in Nabatieh.
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attacks → say → Nabatieh
Israeli forces said they intercepted a Hezbollah drone beyond the “Yellow Line”, an area Israel has claimed as a security zone.
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Israel → say → zone
In a statement, the military said it would strike southern Lebanon in response.
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it → say → response
The attacks come amid continued Israeli escalation against villages and towns across southern Lebanon despite two truce agreements – on June 4 and 26 – mediated by United States President Donald Trump’s administration.
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The June 26 framework agreement did not specifically call for the withdrawal of the Israeli forces and instead tied it to the disarmament of Hezbollah.
Since March 2, when the latest Israeli escalation in its war on Lebanon began, Israeli attacks have killed more than 4,000 people and injured at least 12,000 others, while forcing more than one million people from their homes, according to Lebanese authorities.
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Israel has expanded its military presence across swaths of southern Lebanon since launching its new campaign against Hezbollah, which fired rockets into Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli air strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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that → expand → Khamenei
On Friday, Israeli authorities separately released four Lebanese people who had been held in Israeli prisons after being detained in southern Lebanon.
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who → release → Lebanon
They were transferred to Lebanese authorities via the International Committee of the Red Cross, a day after one Lebanese man was released as part of an agreement between the two countries.
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