Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed three people and wounded several more today, according to the Lebanese health ministry, with Israel announcing one of the attacks had hit arms smugglers from a group affiliated with Hezbollah.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency reports that two brothers from the town of Shebaa were hit while driving on a road on the slopes of Mount Hermon in southeastern Lebanon, “causing their SUV to catch fire and resulting in their deaths.”
The Israeli military confirms that it conducted a strike near Shebaa that killed two smugglers from the Lebanese Resistance Companies, a group allied with Hezbollah.
“The terrorists were involved in smuggling weapons used by Hezbollah and their activities constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the Israel Defense Forces said, referring to the ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed terrorist group.
“The IDF will continue to operate in order to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel,” it warns.
Lebanon’s health ministry confirms the death toll in Shebaa, later reporting that another strike on a car in the southern village of Baraashit killed one person and wounded four.
A similar Israeli strike on Saturday morning on a car near a hospital in the southern city of Bint Jbeil wounded seven people, according to the ministry.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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