Lebanon says two dead in Israeli strike near Syria border

Despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was supposed to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group, Israel has kept up strikes on Lebanon and has maintained troops in five areas it deems strategic.

"An Israeli enemy strike today on a vehicle in the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali in the Hermel district killed two people," the health ministry said, referring to a location in northeast Lebanon near the Syrian border.

It later reported one person was killed in an Israeli strike in Majdal Selm, in the country's south.