2 killed in Israeli drone attack on southern Lebanese town

ANKARA

At least two people were killed in an Israeli attack on Friday targeting a southern Lebanese town.

In a statement, the Lebanese Health Ministry said that “two people were martyred by an Israeli drone strike on the town of Naqoura.”

The Israeli military has not issued a statement on the airstrike.

Fears have grown about a full-blown war between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah amid a months-long exchange of cross-border fire, especially with Hezbollah threatening military retaliation after the assassination of its top commander Fouad Shukr in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut on July 30.

The escalation comes against the backdrop of an Israeli onslaught against the Gaza Strip which has killed nearly 39,700 people since last October following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi