Israeli drone strikes killed two Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces said, marking the latest in a string of deadly exchanges that continue to strain a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed terrorist group.

The IDF said the first strike, carried out in the village of Arnoun in Lebanon’s Nabatieh region, targeted a member of Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit. Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed one fatality in the attack, which it described as an “Israeli enemy strike” on a motorcycle. Arnoun lies just five kilometers (three miles) from the Israeli border.

It said another person was killed in an Israeli raid that “targeted a vehicle on the Debl road” in the Bint Jbeil district. The IDF later confirmed the attack, saying a drone strike in Ayta ash-Shab killed a member of Hezbollah’s rocket unit.

Another strike on a car in nearby Beit Lif wounded one person, the Lebanese health ministry said.

The IDF did not immediately comment on the Beit Lif attack.

Since the initiation of a ceasefire agreement in November 2024, which expired in mid-February, Israel has continued to launch targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, claiming violations of the truce by the terrorist........

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