One dead in Israeli strike on south Lebanon

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on the country's south killed one person on Sunday as the Israeli army said it targeted a Hezbollah member, the latest raid despite a ceasefire.

The ministry said the "Israeli enemy" strike targeted a motorcycle in the village of Arnoun, in the Nabatiyeh region about five kilometres (three miles) from the Israeli border.

Farther south, another strike hit a car in Beit Lif, in the Bint Jbeil area, wounding one person, the ministry added.

The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces "struck and eliminated a terrorist in Hezbollah's anti-tank array" in the Arnoun area.

Israel has continued to strike Lebanon despite the 27 November ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities - including two months of open war - with Shiite armed group Hezbollah, which emerged severely weakened.

On Thursday, two people were killed in Israeli strikes on the south, and another died in a raid on Saturday.

Under the truce, Hezbollah fighters were to withdraw north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometres from the border, and dismantle their military posts to the south.

Israel was to pull all its troops from Lebanon but has maintained five positions it deems "strategic" along the frontier.

The Lebanese army, the only force allowed to operate in south Lebanon besides United Nations peacekeepers, has been deploying in the south and has been dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure there.

(AFP)