One killed in Israeli strike in Aitaroun

Lebanese authorities said that one person was killed Friday in an Israeli strike on the country's south near the border, the latest deadly raid this week despite a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

"An Israeli enemy strike on the town of Aitaroun killed one person," the Health Ministry said in a statement.

Israel has continued to carry out attacks on Lebanon, usually saying it is targeting Hezbollah operatives or sites, in spite of the November truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with the Iran-backed group.

A day earlier, the health ministry said one person was killed in a strike in south Lebanon, while five others died Monday in strikes in the country's east that the Israeli army said targeted Hezbollah positions.

Under heavy U.S. pressure and fears of expanded Israeli strikes, the Lebanese government last month ordered the military to draw up a plan to disarm the once-dominant Hezbollah, and last week said the army would begin to put it into action.

Hezbollah, badly weakened by the recent war, has opposed the disarmament push, which Lebanon says is part of implementing the ceasefire deal.