Lebanon official media says two wounded in Israeli strikes in south

Mar 05,2025 - Last updated at Mar 05,2025

Smoke billows from a site targeted by the Israeli military in the southern Lebanese border village of Kafr Kila on July 29, 2024 (AFP photo)

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese official media said two people were wounded Wednesday when Israeli drones struck a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite an Israel-Hizbollah ceasefire.

"Israeli drones carried out more than one strike on a vehicle in Ras Naqura, near a rubbish dump" south of a United Nations peacekeeping position, the National News Agency (NNA) said.

"Two siblings who were collecting scrap metal" were wounded and taken to hospital, it added.

The strikes come a day after Israel's military said it killed a Hizbollah navy commander in the south, accusing the slain militant of violating the November 27 ceasefire.

The truce largely halted more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah, including two months of full-blown war during which Israel sent in ground troops.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory since the agreement took effect.

Israel was due withdraw from Lebanon by February 18 after missing a January deadline, but it has kept troops at five locations it deems "strategic".

The ceasefire also required Hezbollah to pull back north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometres from the border, and to dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.

Last week, defence minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces would remain indefinitely in what he called a "buffer zone" in south Lebanon.

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