Drones reportedly flying over southern Lebanese city

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Israeli drones are reportedly flying at low altitude over the southern Lebanese city of Tyre and surrounding towns, Al Jazeera reports Lebanon’s National News Agency.

It adds that Israeli forces dropped explosive material over the Ali al-Taher forest on the outskirts of Upper Nabatieh earlier today, with the area seeing renewed Israeli army operations for weeks, threatening the fragile ceasefire.

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