1 killed in Israeli drone strike on car near Sidon

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Friday hit a vehicle near the southern coastal city of Sidon, killing one person.

Despite a November 27 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of conflict -- including two months of all-out war -- between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has continued to carry out near-daily strikes in Lebanon.

"The attack carried out by the Israeli enemy against a car on the Sidon-Ghaziyeh road resulted in one dead," said a health ministry statement on the fourth consecutive day of Israeli attacks on the south where Israel says it has targeted Hezbollah militants.

An AFP journalist said the Israeli attack hit a four-wheel-drive vehicle, sending a pillar of black smoke into the sky.

At the scene of the strike, members of the security forces stood guard as a crowd gathered to look at the charred remains of the vehicle after firemen had put out the blaze.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the strike, but the Israeli military has said it was behind previous attacks this week that it said killed members of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah, significantly weakened by the war, insists it is adhering to the November ceasefire, even as Israeli attacks persist.