Fresh Israeli strike on south Lebanon kills one

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person on Saturday, the Lebanese health ministry said, in the latest attack on the area despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.

In a statement, the ministry said that "an Israeli enemy strike" on a vehicle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, south Lebanon, killed one person.

The ministry also said that a grenade launched by an Israeli drone in the southern town of Shaqra wounded five people.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the incidents.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency identified the killed man as Kamel Reda Qarnabash, saying he was driving his vehicle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh when the strike hit.

The Israeli army said earlier on Saturday that it killed a Hezbollah member in a strike the day before on Froun, southern Lebanon.

"In a targeted strike the (Israeli army) eliminated a Hezbollah terrorist in the Froun area in southern Lebanon" on Friday, the military said in a statement.

It alleged the Hezbollah member had "advanced terror attacks against the State of Israel" and its forces.

The Lebanese health ministry said on Friday that an "Israeli enemy strike" on a vehicle in Froun killed one person.

Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement reached in November 2024 -- which sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah -- by continuing its strikes and maintaining forces inside its territory.

Israel has said Hezbollah is working to rebuild its military capabilities, accusing the Iran-backed group of breaking the ceasefire terms.

According to the health ministry, more than 330 people have been killed in Lebanon and 945 wounded since the ceasefire.

An Israeli strike Tuesday night on the Ain al-Helweh camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Lebanon killed 13 people.

On Friday, Israel said it had targeted "terrorists" from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, allied with Hezbollah, in the strike on the camp, located on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon.

Israel's military "is operating against Hamas' establishment in Lebanon, and will continue to operate against Hamas terrorists wherever they operate", it said in Friday's statement.

A secondary school in the camp said in a statement on its Facebook page on Thursday that two of its students were killed, publishing an image of two adolescent boys.

The United States has sought to exert pressure on the Lebanese government to make Hezbollah hand over its weapons, which the group has so far refused to do.