Israelis forces have seized a local Sunni Islamist politician and an ally of the Palestinian militant Hamas group and took him to Israel for questioning. The Israeli military and Lebanese state media said the operation in southern Lebanon took place early on Monday. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency also reported that an Israeli drone struck a car in the southern Lebanese village of Yanouh on Monday, killing three people, including a child. The seized official, Atwi Atwi, is a member of the Sunni Islamist group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, or the Islamic Group in English. The Israeli military said an Islamic Group official was apprehended in a “targeted intelligence-based operation,” without releasing the official’s name.
