Israeli Strike in Southern Lebanon Kills One, Wounds 12

Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on the southern town of Tibnin killed one person and wounded 12 others.

The Israeli military had said in an earlier statement that it had issued an evacuation warning to the village of Mansouri, about 25km from Tibnin, saying it would act against the Iran-backed group in the area.

The warning was the first online warning issued by the military for Lebanon in more than a month.

A senior Lebanese military official told Reuters at the time that Israeli forces had dropped flyers on the village in late June telling residents to leave, after Israel added Mansouri to a self-declared buffer zone in southern Lebanon.

Some Lebanese farmers had been continuing to access their fields and homes in the towns despite Israeli forces operating nearby.

On June 26, Lebanon and Israel agreed to a US-brokered security arrangement intended to ease hostilities along the border. Israel, however, said it would maintain a security zone in southern Lebanon to eliminate the threat of Hezbollah.