Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill two
The ministry said that 'an Israeli drone strike targeted a car' in the Nabatiyeh district, killing one person and wounding two others.
Another strike 'targeted a truck in the town of Naqura' in southern Lebanon 'resulting in one martyr,' it said in a statement.
The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the incidents.
Israel has repeatedly bombed Lebanon despite a November ceasefire seeking to end over a year of hostilities with Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Under the agreement, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Israeli border, leaving the Lebanese army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the region.
Israel was required to fully withdraw its troops from the country but has kept them in five places it deems strategic.
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