Israeli strike on car in al-Tiri kills one

An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person on Thursday, Lebanon's health ministry reported, while the Israeli military said it killed a member of Iran-backed Hezbollah.

Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities including two months of all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon and has maintained troops in five areas it deems "strategic".

In a statement, the Lebanese health ministry said that an "Israeli enemy strike" on al-Tiri, southern Lebanon, killed one person.

The Israeli military said it struck a "Hezbollah terrorist" in the area.

The man targeted in the strike, Mahdi Hassane Sheito, was a war amputee. In posts mourning Sheito on social media, the man appears with a prosthetic leg and a wide smile, while those who shared the posts said he was a sports champion and that his leg was amputated in the Syrian war.

In January, Lebanon's army said it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, covering the area south of the Litani river, around 30 kilometers from the Israeli border.

Lebanon's government is set to meet on Monday to discuss updates on the army's disarmament plan.

Israel, which accuses Hezbollah of rearming, has criticized the Lebanese army's progress as insufficient, while Hezbollah has rejected calls to surrender its weapons.

Al-Tiri is located south of the Litani river.