A member of Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military said, a day after six rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel and drew dozens of Israeli airstrikes against the terror group in return.

Lebanon’s health ministry said one person was killed in the strike on a car in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shab. The Israel Defense Forces in a brief statement confirmed it had killed a Hezbollah operative in the strike, but offered no further details.

A photo published by Lebanese media of a charred car purported to show the aftermath of the strike.

Lebanese state media also reported separate Israeli strikes on Sunday on Naqoura, Shihin and Labbouneh in the south, near the Israeli border.

Saturday saw the most intense escalation since a November ceasefire halted the war between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, after six........

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