Two wounded in Israeli drone strikes in Ras al-Naqoura
Lebanese official media said two people were wounded Wednesday when Israeli drones struck a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire.
"Israeli drones carried out more than one strike on a vehicle in Ras al-Naqoura, near a rubbish dump" south of a United Nations peacekeeping position, the National News Agency (NNA) said.
"Two siblings who were collecting scrap metal" were wounded and taken to hospital, it added.
The Israeli army said "a number of suspects were spotted transferring weapons to several vehicles in the Naqoura area of southern Lebanon" and that an Israeli aircraft "attacked one of the vehicles to remove the threat."
"The suspects' activities constitute a breach of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the Israeli army added.
The strikes come a day after Israel's military said it killed a Hezbollah navy commander in the south, accusing the slain militant of violating the November 27 ceasefire.
The truce largely halted more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including two months of full-blown war during which Israel sent in ground troops.
Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Lebanese territory since the agreement took effect.
Israel was due withdraw from Lebanon by February 18 after missing a January deadline, but it has kept troops at five locations it deems "strategic."
The ceasefire also required Hezbollah to pull back north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border, and to dismantle any remaining military infrastructure in the south.
Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israeli forces would remain indefinitely in what he called a "buffer zone" in south Lebanon.
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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