An Israeli strike kills a person in Lebanon, further shaking the tenuous ceasefire

Associated Press

NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several drone and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, killing one person. The new strikes further shake a tenuous 6-day-old ceasefire, a day after Israeli launched its heaviest barrage of the south of the past week in retaliation to what Hezbollah called a “warning” volley responding to earlier Israeli strikes. The new fire came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue its strikes “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the truce. His defense minister warned that if the ceasefire collapses, Israel will target not just Hezbollah but the Lebanese state – an expansion of Israel’s campaign.