Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed three folks on Saturday, the Lebanese well being ministry mentioned, within the newest assaults regardless of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
In a press release, the well being ministry mentioned that an “Israeli enemy” drone strike on a automotive in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man, including later that one other particular person was wounded.
The Israeli navy mentioned the strike “eliminated the terrorist Hassan Muhammad Hammoudi”, who it mentioned was answerable for anti-tank missile assaults towards Israeli territory throughout the current warfare.
In a second assertion in a while Saturday, the well being ministry mentioned a strike on a bike in Mahrouna, close to Tyre, resulted in “two martyrs and wounded one person”, with one of many lifeless a girl.
The assaults got here a day after Israel killed a girl and wounded 25 different folks in strikes throughout the nation’s south.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that the girl was killed in an Israeli drone strike on an house within the metropolis of Nabatiyeh.
But Israeli navy spokesman Avichay Adraee mentioned on social media that the military “did not target any civilian building”, attributing the dying to a Hezbollah rocket set off by an Israeli strike.
The Israeli navy mentioned it had “identified rehabilitation attempts made by Hezbollah beforehand and struck terror infrastructure sites in the area”.
Adraee mentioned the civilian constructing “was hit by a rocket that was inside the (fire and defence array) site and launched and exploded as a result of the strike”.
Israel has repeatedly bombed its northern neighbour regardless of the November ceasefire that aimed to finish over a yr of hostilities with Hezbollah.
Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to tug its fighters again north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese military and United Nations peacekeepers as the one armed events within the area.
Israel was required to completely withdraw its troops from the nation, however has saved them in 5 places in south Lebanon that it deems strategic.
Source: www.anews.com.tr