The Israeli army carried out several strikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday, where it announced it had killed a member of Hezbollah, following the most violent escalation since the cease-fire came into effect in November.

In a statement, the army said it had "attacked and eliminated a terrorist from the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the Aita al-Shaab region in southern Lebanon." The National News Agency (NNA) reported an "Israeli drone strike with a guided missile on a car in Aita al-Shaab," near the Israeli border. The Health Ministry reported one death from this strike.

NNA also reported Israeli strikes on prefabricated houses in the localities of Naqoura and Shihine, also near the border, without causing any casualties.

These new strikes come a day after Israeli bombings killed eight people in southern Lebanon, with the Lebanese prime minister warning of the risk of a new war after four months of truce. Israel said it was acting in response to rocket fire from Lebanese territory, the first on the northern part of the country since the cease-fire, which took effect on Nov. 27, ending the war between the Israeli military and Hezbollah.

The pro-Iranian movement denied any responsibility for the rocket fire, which was not claimed, accusing "the Israeli enemy" of seeking "pretexts to continue its attacks on Lebanon."

Hezbollah had opened a front against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas at the start of the Gaza war, launched following the deadly attack on Oct. 7. The truce brought relative calm to Lebanon after more than a year of hostilities, despite Israel continuing to carry out strikes every two or three days on targets presented as linked to Hezbollah, since the partial withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon on Feb. 15.