Israel Status: Both accounts reported; identities disputed

Israeli Drone Strike Near Qabrikha in Southern Lebanon Kills One; Lebanese Reports Say He Was a Paramedic

By AFNS Research Desk · November 4, 2026 · 1 min read

Hillside homes in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon (file image, 2021) — Photo: Abdallah Makke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)

Summary

Lebanon's health ministry says an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in Qabrikha killed one person and wounded another. Lebanese reports identify the dead man as an Amal-affiliated paramedic; the IDF says it struck two suspects who were observing its troops.

Lebanon's health ministry says one person was killed and one wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in Qabrikha (Times of Israel)
Lebanese reports identify the dead man as Nasr (Naser) Mohammad Younes, a paramedic with the Amal movement's Risala Scouts (This Is Beirut, Ynet)
Local reports say photojournalist Kamal Younes was wounded
The IDF says it struck two suspects observing its soldiers outside the Security Zone to remove a threat (Ynet)
Israeli defense officials say they are still investigating who the two were and whether they were armed (Ynet)

Status: Both accounts reported; identities disputed.

Lebanon's account

Lebanon's health ministry says one person was killed and another wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle in the town of Qabrikha in southern Lebanon on Wednesday (Times of Israel). Lebanese reports identify the dead man as Nasr Mohammad Younes, a paramedic with the Amal movement's Risala Scouts (This Is Beirut). Amal is allied with Hezbollah. Spellings of his name vary across reports. Local outlet Al-Ahdath 24 says photojournalist Kamal Younes was wounded.

The IDF's account

"Earlier today (Wednesday), the IDF struck two suspects who were observing IDF soldiers in the area of Qabrikha, outside the Security Zone in southern Lebanon," the military said, adding that the strike was "to remove the threat against IDF soldiers" and that it "remains committed to the agreement between Israel and Lebanon" (Ynet). Ynet reports Israeli defense officials were still investigating who the two were, whether either was linked to Hezbollah and whether they were armed. Ynet and the Times of Israel describe it as the first such strike in Lebanon in weeks.