(17 Feb 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sidon, Lebanon – 17 February 2025
1. Wide of people crowding around targeted car
2. Mid of burnt car
3. Wide of scene
4. Various of Lebanese civil defense clearing debris
5. Various of burnt car
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sheikh Hussein Aalani, imam at mosque in Sidon:
“First, this Israeli aggression is not the first by the Israeli enemy that violates the agreement and the truce, and the Lebanese state and the government of Nawaf Al-Salam must work to deter the aggression and defend its land and people.”
7. Various of car and debris
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmed Sleim, Sidon resident:
“Now the fear has come back to people. The people will live in fear all the time and they wont be living like they were before. We are going back to the days of the war. And we are students of the baccalaureate this year, we were already under a lot of school stress and pressure and this (attack) will affect us even more.”
9. Various of burnt car
STORYLINE:
An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of Hamas’ military operations in the country, Israel’s army said.
The strike came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.
The Israeli military said it killed Mohammad Shaheen, the head of Hamas’ operations department in Lebanon. The army accused Shaheen of “recently planning terror attacks, directed and funded by Iran, from Lebanese territory against the citizens of the state of Israel.”
Hamas confirmed Shaheen’s death but described him as a military commander.
Footage showed a car engulfed in flames following the strike near a Lebanese army checkpoint and Sidon’s municipal sports stadium.
The original withdrawal deadline was in late January, but under pressure from Israel, Lebanon agreed to extend it to Feb. 18. It remains unclear whether Israeli troops will complete their withdrawal by Tuesday.
Since the ceasefire, Israel has continued airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, saying it is targeting military sites containing missiles and combat equipment. Israel and Lebanon have exchanged accusations of violating the ceasefire agreement.
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