An Israeli strike on a construction vehicle in southern Lebanon killed a man, the Lebanese health ministry reported on Saturday.
“The Israeli enemy’s airstrike on a vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, in the Tyre district, resulted in one martyr,” the health ministry said in a statement.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that it was a drone strike which “targeted an excavator with two missiles on the Kfar Dounine-Deir Kifa road.”
The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports when asked for comment.
Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite a November ceasefire that brought to an end more than a year of hostilities with the militant group Hezbollah that culminated in two months of open war.
As part of that deal, Israeli forces were to withdraw from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah was to dismantle its forces in the region.
Under US pressure and fearing an escalation of Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government has moved to begin disarming Hezbollah, a plan which the movement and its allies oppose.
On Friday, at least one person was killed and seven injured in Israeli strikes which were denounced by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who said they targeted ‘civilian facilities’ and were a breach of the ceasefire agreement.
Israel usually says that it is targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure.
In October 2023, Hezbollah began launching rockets at Israel in support of Hamas in the Gaza war, triggering months of border exchanges that escalated into open warfare in September 2024.
AFP
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