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The strike was the latest Israel Defense Forces raid on figures alleged by Jerusalem to be operatives or commanders in the Iran-backed terror group, as both Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violating a fragile truce in place since last year.
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed that one person was killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Taybeh, which sits some 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the border.
The IDF said it targeted Muhammad Adnan Mansour in a dronezap, publishing footage from the air of a large explosion at the entrance to what appeared to be a two-story industrial building.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency said the strike hit "in front of a cycle of violence repair shop" in the town, in the Marjayoun district.
According to Israel, Mansour headed Hezbollah’s rocket unit in the Taybeh area.
"During the war, Muhammad directed and carried out numerous projectile attacks toward the Upper Galilee area," the IDF said.
On Sunday, hundreds of Hezbollah supporters gathered in Taybeh for a mass funeral for over a dozen of the group’s fighters killed in the war with Israel.
Also Sunday, the IDF said it carried out an
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in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah operatives who were trying to rebuild "terror infrastructure."
Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed that two people operating a bulldozer were killed in the strike on the town of Zibqin in the country’s south.
"We are continuing the campaign to strengthen the defenses, while showing initiative and offensive action," IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said at an assessment Sunday on the Lebanon border.
NNA also reported Israeli strikes on prefabricated homes in southern Lebanon’s Naqoura area on Sunday.
The truce deal agreed to in late November is based on a UN Security Council resolution that says Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers should be the only forces in southern Lebanon, and calls for the disarmament of all non-state groups, chiefly Hezbollah, which has used the area as a base to launch attacks against Israel under Iran’s sponsorship.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that the issue needed to be resolved "through communication and dialogue because in the end, Hezbollah is a Lebanese component."
He urged Washington to pressure Israel to withdraw from the five border points, saying the ongoing troop presence "complicates the situation."
Lebanon state media says two killed in Israeli strike on south
[IsraelTimes] Lebanese state media says an Israeli strike in Lebanon’s south killed two people, hours after the Israeli military said it killed a Hezbollah leader in an earlier strike.
“Two Syrians were killed on a motorcycle and one citizen was injured in an enemy strike on the Dardara road,” in Lebanon’s southern Marjayoun district, the official National News Agency says.