Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill three: ministry
BEIRUT: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed three people on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attacks despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
In a statement, the health ministry said that an 'Israeli enemy' drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man, adding later that another person was wounded.
The Israeli military said the strike 'eliminated the terrorist Hassan Muhammad Hammoudi', who it said was responsible for anti-tank missile attacks against Israeli territory during the recent war.
In a second statement later on Saturday, the health ministry said a strike on a motorcycle in Mahrouna, near Tyre, resulted in 'two martyrs and wounded one person', with one of the dead a woman.
The attacks came a day after Israel killed a woman and wounded 25 other people in strikes across the country's south.
Lebanon says 1 dead, 20 wounded in Israeli strikes in 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.
But Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on social media that the army 'did not target any civilian building', attributing the death to a Hezbollah rocket set off by an Israeli strike.
The Israeli military said it had 'identified rehabilitation attempts made by Hezbollah beforehand and struck terror infrastructure sites in the area'.
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, about 30 kilometres (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 locations in south Lebanon that it deems strategic.
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