On Friday April 18, 2025, an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle traveling on the Sidon–Ghaziyeh road in South Lebanon, killing one person, according to the Public Health Emergency Operations Center of Lebanon's Health Ministry.

Israel announcing that this attack had targeted a Hezbollah operative and "eliminated the Hezbollah terrorist Muhammad Jaafar Mannah Asaad Abdallah"

An AFP journalist said the Israeli attack hit a four-wheel-drive vehicle, sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky.

At the scene of the strike, members of the security forces stood guard as a crowd gathered to look at the charred remains of the vehicle after firemen had put out the blaze.

Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, Israel has continued to conduct near-daily strikes in Lebanon.

Hezbollah insists it is adhering to the November ceasefire, even as Israeli attacks persist.

IDF statement :

"Earlier today, an Air Force plane attacked with precision munitions in the Sidon area, eliminating the terrorist Muhammad Jaafar Manh Asaad Abdullah, a member of the terrorist Hezbollah."