BEIRUT: An Israeli strike killed a Lebanese father and son Tuesday in a southern village, the Lebanese health ministry and state media said, the latest deaths despite a November ceasefire.
A second son was also wounded in the strike in Shebaa, the state-run National News Agency reported. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
“An Israeli enemy drone carried out a strike in the village of Shebaa, killing two people and wounding one,” a health ministry statement said.
Israel had warned on Friday that it would keep up its strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon despite the condemnation expressed by the Lebanese government after a massive strike on south Beirut the previous night on the eve of the Eid Al-Adha holiday.
Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said the strikes levelled nine residential blocks. The Israeli military said they targeted underground drone factories.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the strikes as a “a flagrant violation” of the November 27 ceasefire agreement, which was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah that culminated in two months of full-blown war.
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Lebanon says two dead in Israel strike
Israel army says struck Hezbollah sites in south Lebanon
JERUSALEM: Israel’s army said it carried out several strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Monday, despite Lebanon this month announcing progress in disarming the militia.
Israel has continued to launch regular strikes in the area even after a ceasefire was agreed with Hezbollah in November 2024 to end more than a year of hostilities.
“A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck terror infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon... used by Hezbollah to conduct drills and training for terrorists” to attack Israeli forces and civilians, the military said in a statement.
It did not specify the exact locations, but Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported “a series of Israeli strikes” on at least five villages — Ansar, Zarariyeh, Kfar Melki, Nahr Al-Shita and Buslaya.
Last week, the Lebanese army said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River in the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel described those efforts as insufficient.
The five villages mentioned by NNA lie north of the Litani, an area not included in the first phase of disarmament.
On Friday, another Israeli strike killed one person in Lebanon’s south, according to the country’s health ministry.
Israel has continued to launch regular strikes in the area even after a ceasefire was agreed with Hezbollah in November 2024 to end more than a year of hostilities.
“A short while ago, the (Israeli military) struck terror infrastructure in several areas of southern Lebanon... used by Hezbollah to conduct drills and training for terrorists” to attack Israeli forces and civilians, the military said in a statement.
It did not specify the exact locations, but Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported “a series of Israeli strikes” on at least five villages — Ansar, Zarariyeh, Kfar Melki, Nahr Al-Shita and Buslaya.
Last week, the Lebanese army said it had completed disarming Hezbollah south of the Litani River in the first phase of a nationwide plan, though Israel described those efforts as insufficient.
The five villages mentioned by NNA lie north of the Litani, an area not included in the first phase of disarmament.
On Friday, another Israeli strike killed one person in Lebanon’s south, according to the country’s health ministry.
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