BEIRUT, Lebanon: An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, in the latest attack despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a statement, the ministry attributed the death to “an Israeli enemy strike” on a vehicle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.
The ministry also reported that a grenade dropped by an Israeli drone in the southern town of Shaqra wounded five people.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported several more strikes elsewhere in the south and east, but no casualties reported so far.
The Israeli military said it struck “several Hezbollah launchers that were recently identified and placed in military sites in southern Lebanon”.
The army also hit “two Hezbollah military sites… including weapons storage facilities and additional military structures”, according to its statement.
It did not immediately comment on the deadly incident in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.
The NNA identified the man killed as Kamel Reda Qarnabash, saying he was driving at the time.
The Israeli army earlier on Saturday had said that it killed a Hezbollah member in a strike the day before.
The Lebanese health ministry said Friday that an Israeli strike on a vehicle in Froun killed one person.
Continued Israeli attacks
Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024 — which sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah — by continuing its strikes and maintaining forces inside its territory.
Israel has said Hezbollah is working to rebuild its military capabilities, accusing the group of breaking the ceasefire terms.
According to the health ministry, more than 330 people have been killed in Lebanon and 945 wounded since the ceasefire.
An Israeli strike on Tuesday night on the Ain al-Hilweh camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon killed 13 people.
A secondary school in the camp said in a statement on its Facebook page on Thursday that two of its students were killed, publishing an image of two adolescent boys.
