Israel strike on south Lebanon kills one

Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike killed one person in the south on Saturday despite a six-month-old ceasefire, as Israel said it targeted a Hezbollah militant.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said a man was killed when an Israeli drone targeted his car as he was heading to pray at a mosque in Deir al-Zahrani, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) from the Israeli border.

Israel has continued to bomb Lebanon despite the November 27 truce that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah, including two months of open war.


The Israeli army said the strike killed a regional commander "of Hezbollah's rocket array".

It charged that during the conflict, the operative "advanced numerous projectile attacks... and was involved recently in efforts to reestablish Hezbollah's terrorist infrastructure" in south Lebanon.

Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah fighters were to pull back north of the Litani River, some 30 kilometres (20 miles) from the border, and dismantle military infrastructure to its south.

Israel was to withdraw all forces from Lebanon but it has kept troops in five areas it deems "strategic".

The Lebanese army has deployed in the south and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.