Strike comes hours after a previous Israeli attack the night before, in ongoing near-daily ceasefire violations.Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTwo people have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on a minibus in eastern Lebanon as near-daily ceasefire violations continue, Lebanese state media reported.Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Thursday that the drone hit the vehicle on the Hosh al-Sayyed Ali road in the Hermel district.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIsrael and the Lebanese group Hezbollah reached a ceasefire in November 2024 after more than a year of cross-border attacks amid the genocidal war in Gaza – however, Israel has been staging attacks on Lebanon nearly every day since.Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed on X that Thursday’s strike targeted a “terrorist operative” in al-Nasiriyah in eastern Lebanon.The attack came hours after a passerby was injured in an Israeli drone strike targeting a car in the town of Jennata in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon late on Wednesday.Israel has killed more than 300 people in Lebanon since last year’s ceasefire, including about 127 civilians, according to the United Nations. Between January and late November, Israeli forces carried out nearly 1,600 strikes across Lebanon, according to data compiled by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED).It justifies its near-daily air raids under the pretence of targeting fighters from Hezbollah and its infrastructure, calling for the group’s full disarmament under the ceasefire agreement.Hezbollah still defiant as disarmament deadline loomsHezbollah, meanwhile, has long rejected disarmament, saying its weapons are necessary to defend Lebanon against Israeli attacks and occupation. On Wednesday, the group urged the Lebanese government to reject Israel’s threats to disarm the group amid fears of Israeli escalation in Lebanon. Advertisement “The authorities in Lebanon must act decisively and avoid slipping into implementing conditions imposed by the enemy to humiliate our army and people and violate our sovereignty,” t …
