BEIRUT: Israeli strikes killed three people in southern Lebanon despite a ceasefire in force there, authorities said, with Lebanese Hezbollah suggesting its patience for the "ongoing aggression" was wearing thin. The Lebanese health ministry said an "Israeli enemy" drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man and wounded another person.
The attacks came a day after Lebanon blamed Israel for strikes that killed a woman and wounded 25 others. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the woman was killed in an Israeli drone strike on an apartment in the city of Nabatiyeh.
Israel has repeatedly bombed its northern neighbour despite the November ceasefire aimed at ending over a year of hostilities with Hezbollah. The group's leader, Naim Qassem, said in a televised speech on Saturday that the "ongoing aggression" by Israel "must not be allowed to continue". "The (Lebanese) state must exert pressure, and it must fulfil all of its duties," he said, insisting Hezbollah had held up its end of the ceasefire bargain. "Do you imagine we will remain silent forever? No. Everything has its limits." — AFP
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