Lebanon’s health ministry said that one person was killed and another wounded in an Israeli strike that hit a vehicle in the country’s south, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a statement, the ministry said that an ‘Israeli enemy strike on a car in Haruf, Nabatiyeh district’ killed one person and wounded another.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.
Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite a November ceasefire that sought to end over a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
The Israeli military has intensified its attacks over the past week, killing two people in two strikes on Friday.
The military said it killed a Hezbollah ‘logistics commander’ in the first strike and a member ‘who was involved in efforts to re-establish Hezbollah’s military capabilities’ in the second.
A series of Israeli raids on south and east Lebanon killed four people on Thursday, including an elderly woman, with the military stating its targets included a weapons depot, a training camp, and military infrastructure.
As part of that ceasefire deal, Israeli troops were to withdraw from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah was to pull back north of the Litani River and dismantle any military infrastructure in the south.
Under US pressure and fearing an escalation of Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government has moved to begin disarming Hezbollah, a plan the movement and its allies oppose.
Despite the terms of the truce, Israel has kept troops deployed in five border points it deems strategic.