The Israeli military carried out an airstrike in south Lebanon and killed two people, the Lebanese military said on Friday.
Israel and the Iran-backed group have been regularly trading fire in the country’s south, despite a ceasefire that was extended by Israeli and Lebanese authorities last week.
“A short while ago, IDF surveillance identified two armed individuals moving in a suspicious manner hundreds of metres from Israeli territory, in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli military posted on Telegram.
“Following their identification and continuous monitoring by the IDF, the armed individuals were struck and eliminated in an aerial strike,” the post stated.
Since a truce began on 17 April, Israel has continued to launch strikes, carry out demolitions and issue evacuation orders in south Lebanon, saying it is targeting Hezbollah, which has also kept up attacks.
Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel on 2 March in retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes.
Israel responded with a massive series of airstrikes and a ground invasion in the country’s south, where its troops are operating inside an Israeli-declared ‘yellow line’ running around 10 kilometres inside Lebanon along the border.
Lebanon’s health ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,089 people since the wider regional war began.
Israel’s military has reported the death of 22 personnel during the fighting.
Last week the fragile temporary truce was extended for 45 days following a third round of direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives in Washington, discussions that Hezbollah staunchly opposes.
