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AUTHOR:M.J. GDNUS
Lebanon’s health ministry said one person was killed after an Israeli airstrike in the south of the country.
The latest in a series of attacks, despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants.
Hezbollah is designated a terrorist organization by the United States. The European Union has blacklisted the Lebanese group’s military wing but not its political party.
An Israeli attack on a vehicle in Kaotariyyat al-Saiyad, located inland between the southern cities of Sidon and Tyre, killed one person and wounded another, the health ministry said in a statement.
Israel has continued to carry out regular attacks in Lebanon despite a November 27 ceasefire aimed at ending more than a year of hostilities, including two months of fierce fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
On Friday, Lebanon's Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes killed two people in the south, while Israel reported strikes on the same areas against Hezbollah.
Under the ceasefire, Hezbollah was to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani River and dismantle all remaining military infrastructure in the south. Israel, in turn, was to withdraw all its forces from southern Lebanon, although it still holds five positions it considers "strategic".
The Lebanese army has begun deploying in the south near the border with Israel, while Israeli forces have withdrawn.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Friday that the organization "will not allow anyone to disarm it", as Washington pressures Beirut to force the Iran-backed group to surrender its weapons.
