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An Israeli drone struck Nebatiyeh Falqa on Wednesday morning, wounding three people, including two soldiers, our correspondent in southern Lebanon reports.

According to information from a medical source, a family had gone to the site under Lebanese army escort when a missile was fired from a drone.

So what exactly is an army escort worth down there if the army's the one getting hit?

And the counts don't line up.

L'Orient Today's correspondent says three wounded, two soldiers, one civilian.

The LBCI-based report says one serviceman seriously wounded and three civilians hurt.