In a statement posted on Telegram, the Israeli military said it had monitored two armed individuals located hundreds of meters from Israeli territory in southern Lebanon before targeting them in an aerial strike.

“A short while ago, IDF surveillance identified two armed individuals moving in a suspicious manner hundreds of meters from Israeli territory, in southern Lebanon,” the military said, adding that the individuals were subsequently “struck and eliminated.

”The incident comes as tensions remain high along the Israel-Lebanon border despite a truce that was extended by Israeli and Lebanese authorities last week.Since the ceasefire took effect on April 17, Israel has continued conducting airstrikes, demolitions and evacuation measures in southern Lebanon, saying its operations target Hezbollah positions and activities.

Hezbollah, backed by Iran, has also continued attacks against Israel.The latest phase of fighting intensified after Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel on March 2, describing the attack as retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.Israel responded with extensive airstrikes and a ground offensive in southern Lebanon.

Israeli forces continue to operate inside a self-declared security zone, referred to by the military as a “yellow line,” extending roughly 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory along the border.According to Lebanon’s health ministry, Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,089 people since the broader regional conflict began. Israel’s military has reported 22 military fatalities during the fighting.

The current truce was extended by 45 days following a third round of direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives in Washington. Hezbollah has publicly opposed the negotiations.

The strike highlights the fragility of the ceasefire and the continuing risk of escalation along one of the Middle East’s most volatile frontiers.

In a statement posted on Telegram, the Israeli military said it had monitored two armed individuals located hundreds of meters from Israeli territory in southern Lebanon before targeting them in an aerial strike.

“A short while ago, IDF surveillance identified two armed individuals moving in a suspicious manner hundreds of meters from Israeli territory, in southern Lebanon,” the military said, adding that the individuals were subsequently “struck and eliminated.”

The incident comes as tensions remain high along the Israel-Lebanon border despite a truce that was extended by Israeli and Lebanese authorities last week
Since the ceasefire took effect on April 17, Israel has continued conducting airstrikes, demolitions and evacuation measures in southern Lebanon, saying its operations target Hezbollah positions and activities. Hezbollah, backed by Iran, has also continued attacks against Israel.

The latest phase of fighting intensified after Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel on March 2, describing the attack as retaliation for the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

Israel responded with extensive airstrikes and a ground offensive in southern Lebanon. Israeli forces continue to operate inside a self-declared security zone, referred to by the military as a “yellow line,” extending roughly 10 kilometers inside Lebanese territory along the border.

According to Lebanon’s health ministry, Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,089 people since the broader regional conflict began. Israel’s military has reported 22 military fatalities during the fighting.

The current truce was extended by 45 days following a third round of direct talks between Lebanese and Israeli representatives in Washington. Hezbollah has publicly opposed the negotiations.

The strike highlights the fragility of the ceasefire and the continuing risk of escalation along one of the Middle East’s most volatile frontiers.

Lebanon’s health ministry said three strikes hit the Saida-South coastal highway in the areas of Barja, Jiyeh and Saadiyat, resulting in eight fatalities. The ministry described the attacks as raids carried out by the “Israeli enemy.”

The Israeli military said it had launched a new wave of strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure across southern Lebanon, hours after issuing evacuation warnings to residents in several villages in the Tyre region.

“The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah terror infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon,” the military said in a statement.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that Israeli drones targeted two cars on the highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, while additional strikes hit vehicles in Saadiyat in the Chouf district and in the southern city of Sidon.

An AFP photographer at the scene near Jiyeh, roughly 20 kilometers south of Beirut, saw a charred vehicle on the roadside as emergency responders carried away a victim’s body.

The latest attacks followed similar strikes in the same area on Saturday and came amid continuing Israeli operations despite a ceasefire that took effect on April 17 to halt fighting with the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.

On Tuesday, Lebanon’s health ministry said 13 people were killed in separate Israeli strikes on southern towns. The ministry added that at least 380 people had been killed since the truce began.

The Israeli military’s latest evacuation warnings signaled expectations of additional strikes in southern Lebanon, where intermittent hostilities have persisted despite diplomatic efforts to contain the conflict.

The violence comes ahead of a new round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel scheduled to take place in Washington on Thursday under US mediation.
Hezbollah has opposed the talks. The group’s leader, Naim Qassem, warned on Tuesday that Hezbollah would turn the battlefield into “hell” for Israel if attacks continued.
Since Hezbollah entered the broader regional conflict in early March, more than 2,800 people, including around 200 children, have been killed in Lebanon, according to figures released by the Lebanese health ministry.

The Israeli military said the launcher had been used in an attack that was intercepted by its air defense systems. Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.The exchange came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire had been extended by three weeks, underscoring ongoing fragility in the truce.

Hezbollah said its attack was in retaliation for an earlier Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese village of Yater. Lebanon’s public health ministry said two people, including a child, were wounded in artillery shelling in the area.

Separately, the ministry reported that an Israeli airstrike killed three people in the Nabatieh region in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military said those killed were militants who had launched a missile toward an Israeli warplane.

Cross-border hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah have persisted intermittently despite ceasefire efforts, with both sides accusing each other of violations as tensions linked to the wider regional conflict continue.

The strikes hit vehicles in Beirut’s southern outskirts and in an area just south of the capital, according to Lebanese authorities and state media.Targeted strikes in capital outskirtsLebanon’s state news agency NNA reported that one strike hit a vehicle in the Khaldeh area south of Beirut, killing two people and wounding three.

A second strike in the Jnah area targeted multiple vehicles, with the health ministry reporting at least five killed and 21 injured.

Israel’s military said it carried out two separate operations aimed at a senior Hezbollah commander and another high-ranking member of the Iran-aligned group, but did not identify the individuals or confirm whether they were killed.

The strikes come amid a widening Israeli offensive in Lebanon that has killed at least 1,200 people and displaced around 1.2 million, according to Lebanese authorities.

Lebanon became directly involved in the broader regional conflict after Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of Iran, following earlier strikes by Israel and the United States on Iranian targets.

The exchange triggered intensified Israeli ground and air operations across Lebanese territory.There was no immediate comment from Hezbollah on Wednesday’s strikes.