BEIRUT — An Israeli drone strike targeted a car on the Saf el-Hawa road in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, on Monday, killing one person and injuring four others, including Lebanese soldiers. The attack occurred near a Lebanese Army checkpoint in the town.

Following the strike, the Lebanese army confirmed the casualty figures also reported by our correspondent in southern Lebanon: one civilian killed and four soldiers injured. "The Israeli enemy targeted a car near the army checkpoint at Saf el-Hawa in Bint Jbeil, killing one civilian and moderately wounding four soldiers," the army said in a statement on X.

The official National News Agency (NNA) reported that "enemy aircraft struck a car on the Saf al-Hawa road in Bint Jbeil near an army checkpoint, killing the driver, a civilian."

Earlier in the morning, Israeli machine-gun fire had reached Naqoura, in the Sour district.

Israel escalated its campaign across Lebanon in late September after nearly a year of cross-border exchanges begun by Hezbollah in support of its ally Hamas following the Palestinian group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.

A cease-fire came into effect on Nov. 27 and is generally holding, though both sides have accused the other of repeated violations.

As part of the agreement, the Lebanese Army and U.N. peacekeepers will deploy in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army withdraws over a period of 60 days.

Hezbollah is also meant to withdraw its forces north of the Litani river, about 30 kilometers from the border, and dismantle its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli army has repeatedly ordered Lebanese residents not to enter border areas, issuing another threat on Monday morning on social media platform X.

Last Monday, Israeli strikes on south Lebanon killed 11 people, according to the country's health ministry, shortly after Hezbollah claimed its first attack on an Israeli position since the truce began.

The same day, the Lebanese Army in a statement said a soldier was wounded in an Israeli strike in the country's eastern Hermel region.

Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad said Wednesday the death toll in Lebanon in more than a year of war with Israel had reached 4,047 people, most of them since a September escalation, including 316 children.

On Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened that "if we return to war, we will act with greater force and penetrate deeper" into Lebanon, adding that "there will be no immunity" for the Lebanese State or Beirut.