Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one
The attack comes a day after Israel killed a woman and wounded 25 other people in strikes across the country's south. PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIRUT, Lebanon - An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on June 28, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
In a statement, the ministry said that an 'Israeli enemy' drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man in a preliminary toll.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incident.
The attack comes a day after Israel killed a woman and wounded 25 other people in strikes across the country's south.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the woman was killed in an Israeli drone strike on an apartment in the city of Nabatiyeh.
Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on social media that the army 'did not target any civilian building'.
The attacks on June 27 included a 'wave of successive heavy strikes' in the Nabatiyeh region which injured seven people, according to the NNA.
The Israeli military said it 'identified rehabilitation attempts made by Hezbollah beforehand and struck terror infrastructure sites in the area'.
Mr Adraee said the civilian building '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 despite the November ceasefire that aimed to end over a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
Under the ceasefire deal, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani river, some 30 kilometres 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 locations in south Lebanon that it deems strategic. AFP
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