Israeli strikes on south Lebanon kill three people

Israeli strikes killed three people in southern Lebanon later on Saturday despite a ceasefire in force there, authorities said, with Iran-backed Hezbollah suggesting its patience for the "ongoing aggression" was wearing thin.

The Lebanese health ministry said an "Israeli enemy" drone strike on a car in Kunin, south Lebanon, killed one man and wounded another person.

The Israeli military said the strike "eliminated the terrorist Hassan Muhammad Hammoudi", who it said was responsible for anti-tank missile attacks on Israeli territory during the recent war.

In a second statement later on Saturday, the health ministry said a strike on a motorcycle in Mahrouna, near Tyre, resulted in "two martyrs and wounded one person", with one of the dead a woman.

The Israeli military said it carried out a strike Saturday that "eliminated the terrorist Abbas Al-Hassan Wahbi in the area of Mahrouna in southern Lebanon.

The IDF statement said Wahbi was a Hezbollah intelligence official "involved in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah and weapons transfers."

"These activities constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," it said.

The attacks came a day after Lebanon blamed Israel for strikes that killed a woman and wounded 25 others.