Israel targets van in south and shells al-Rihan and Kfartebnit
An Israeli drone strike targeted a van on the Harees-Hadatha road in the Bint Jbeil district on Tuesday, as Israeli artillery shelling hit the vicinity of al-Rihan in the Jezzine district and the town of Kfartebnit in the Nabatieh region.
Violence seems to have abated between Israel and Hezbollah since an Iranian-American peace deal was announced two days ago.
Hezbollah said on Monday that it had attacked an Israeli force trying to advance in southern Lebanon in response to three Israeli drone attacks and artillery shellinh.
Fighters from the group "using rockets and drones" blocked an Israeli force consisting of an excavator and two Merkava tanks that was "advancing" in the vicinity of Kfartebnit, Hezbollah said in a statement.
In another statement late Monday, it added: "The enemy army regrouped its forces in the vicinity of the crossing area by bringing in an armored force consisting of five Merkava tanks and four vehicles.
"The mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance targeted them with rocket barrages and artillery shells, and the clashes are still ongoing."
Earlier on Monday, an Israeli drone targeted a car in the same area "killing its driver," Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported, marking the first deadly strike since the agreement was announced.
Details of the agreement to end the Middle East war on all fronts have not been made public, but Iran and mediator Pakistan have both said it includes Lebanon.
Hezbollah drew the country into the Middle East war on March 2 with rocket fire at Israel to avenge the killing of Iran's supreme leader in U.S.-Israeli strikes.
Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanon says have killed more than 3,700 people and displaced more than one million others.
An official source told AFP that "Lebanon was not informed of the terms of the agreement or the time of the ceasefire."
Source: Naharnet
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