Israeli strikes in south Lebanon kill two

Lebanon's health ministry said on Sunday that Israeli strikes on the country's south killed two people, as the Israeli army said it targeted Hizbollah members in the latest raids despite a ceasefire.

The ministry said an "Israeli enemy" strike targeted a motorcycle in Arnoun, a village in the Nabatiyeh region about five kilometres (three miles) from the Israeli border, killing one person.

It said another person was killed in an Israeli raid that "targeted a vehicle on the Debl road" in the Bint Jbeil district.

Another strike on a car in nearby Beit Lif wounded one person, the ministry said.

The Israeli military said in a statement that its forces "struck and eliminated a terrorist in Hizbollah's anti-tank array" in the Arnoun area.

It later said its forces killed an operative from "Hizbollah's artillery array" in the Aita al-Shaab area, near the village of Debl.

Israel has continued to strike Lebanon despite the November 27 ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities -- including two months of open war -- with the group Hizbollah, which emerged severely weakened.

On Thursday, two people were killed in Israeli strikes on the south, and another died in a raid on Saturday.

Under the truce, Hizbollah fighters were to withdraw north of the Litani River, about 30 kilometres from the border, and dismantle their military posts to the south.

Israel was to pull all its troops from Lebanon but has maintained five positions it deems "strategic" along the frontier.

The Lebanese army has been deploying in the south and dismantling Hizbollah infrastructure there.

Agence France-Presse