Lebanon says three dead in Israeli strikes

BEIRUT:

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes killed three people Monday in the country's south, with Hezbollah announcing one of its fighters killed and a rescue group mourning a paramedic.

Lebanon's health ministry said an "Israeli enemy strike that targeted a motorbike" in the southern village of Ebba killed one person, wounded another and caused a pregnant woman who was near the site to miscarry due to "shock".

It was not immediately clear whether the person killed was a fighter or a civilian.

Earlier, the health ministry said an "enemy raid" near the cemetery in the border village of Mais al-Jabal "killed two people".

An Israeli army statement said that "soldiers identified a terrorist cell operating a drone" in the Mais al-Jabal area, and that air forces "struck and eliminated the terrorists".

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said one of the dead in Mais al-Jabal was a paramedic with the Risala Scouts association, which is affiliated with the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement.

The frontline village is less than two kilometres (1.2 miles) from the border with Israel and has experienced heavy bombardment since the cross-border clashes began, forcing most residents to leave.

Hezbollah later also announced that a fighter from Mais al-Jabal had been killed by Israeli fire.

Ali Abbas, a Risala Scouts rescue worker, told AFP the paramedic had travelled by motorcycle with another person to inspect the site of an earlier raid when they were hit.

The Israeli military said "numerous suspicious aerial targets were identified crossing from Lebanon" into northern Israel, starting a fire and leaving an officer and a soldier "moderately injured".

Also Monday, Lebanon received 32 tonnes of emergency medical supplies from the World Health Organization for "treating war wounds".