Lebanon says one dead in Israeli strike on south

Lebanon says that one person was killed Friday in an Israeli strike on the country’s south near the border.

“An Israeli enemy strike on the town of Aitaroun killed one person,” the country’s health ministry says.

Israel has continued to carry out attacks on Lebanon, usually saying it is targeting Hezbollah operatives or sites, despite the November truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed group.

A day earlier, the health ministry said one person was killed in a strike in south Lebanon, while five others died Monday in strikes in the country’s east that the Israeli army said targeted Hezbollah positions.

Under heavy US pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government last month ordered the military to draw up a plan to disarm the once-dominant Hezbollah, and last week said the army would begin to put it into action.

Hezbollah, badly weakened by the recent war, has opposed the disarmament push, which Lebanon says is part of implementing the ceasefire deal.