One killed in Israeli airstrike on house in Khiam
An Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern town of Khiam killed one person, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
Media reports had earlier said that the house was “uninhabited.”
The attack is the latest in south Lebanon despite a months-long ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israel has kept up regular strikes in Lebanon, particularly in the south, since a November 27 ceasefire meant to end over a year of hostilities with Hezbollah that left the group severely weakened.
Under the agreement, Hezbollah was to pull its fighters back north of the Litani River, around 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the border with Israel, leaving the Lebanese Army and United Nations peacekeepers as the only armed parties in the area.
The ceasefire requires Israel to fully withdraw its troops, but it has kept them in five locations in south Lebanon that it deems strategic.
Source: Naharnet
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