Israeli army says it killed Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

Israeli army says it killed Hezbollah commander in Lebanon

The military has continued to launch strikes across the border despite a November ceasefire.

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Israel has kept troops in five areas that it deems ‘strategic’ in south Lebanon. (AP pic)
BEIRUT:
Israel’s military said it killed a local Hezbollah commander today in south Lebanon, where authorities reported one dead in the fourth Israeli strike within days despite a November ceasefire.

Lebanon’s health ministry said one person was killed in an Israeli “drone strike” on a vehicle in south Lebanon’s Tyre district.

An AFP correspondent saw the charred wreckage of a vehicle in Abu al-Aswad, an area around 30km from the Israeli border.

The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces “struck and eliminated… a commander” involved in “the re-establishment of Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure” in south Lebanon.

Israel has continued to launch strikes on its neighbour despite the Nov 27 truce which sought to halt more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah fighters, including two months of full-blown war.

The Israeli military said that “the rebuilding of terrorist infrastructure and related activity constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon”.

Under the ceasefire, the Iran-backed Hezbollah was to pull back its fighters north of Lebanon’s Litani River and dismantle any remaining military infrastructure to its south.

Israel was to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon, but it has kept troops in five areas that it deems “strategic”.

Earlier this week, the Israeli military said three separate strikes in south Lebanon targeted Hezbollah operatives.

Lebanon says it has respected its ceasefire commitments and has urged the international community to pressure Israel to end its attacks and withdraw all its troops.

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