An Israeli military observation post overlooks Israel's border with Lebanon in northern Israel on March 19, 2024. (Credit: Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo/Reuters)
A Lebanese military source said an Israeli strike Sunday killed one person in the country's south, where Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group have been exchanging near-daily cross-border fire for months.
The hostilities began after Hezbollah ally Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, triggering war in Gaza.
"An Israeli drone targeted a car in Kunin and killed a person who was in the car," a military official told AFP, referring to a village about 10 kilometers (six miles) from the border.
The source, who requested anonymity because they are not allowed to speak to the media, did not mention whether the person was a civilian or a fighter.
Lebanon's state-run media also said a drone strike had hit a car.
"An Israeli enemy drone carried out an air strike," the National News Agency said, adding that it targeted a car on the road to Kunin.
It did not mention casualties.
An uptick in deadly exchanges in recent days has fueled concerns of an all-out conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, who last fought a war in 2006.
On Saturday, UN peacekeepers said three military observers and a translator were wounded in a blast in southern Lebanon.
On Friday, the Israeli military said they killed the deputy head of Hezbollah's rocket unit in a strike on south Lebanon.
Cross-border fire since October has killed at least 347 people in Lebanon, mostly Hezbollah fighters, and at least 68 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
The fighting has displaced tens of thousands in southern Lebanon and in northern Israel, where the military says 10 soldiers and eight civilians have been killed.
The hostilities began after Hezbollah ally Hamas carried out an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, triggering war in Gaza.
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