A Lebanese soldier and another civilian were killed in an Israeli strike on the country’s south Wednesday, the latest deadly attack despite an Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire.
"A soldier and his brother were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted them in the town of Khirbet Selm in Bint Jbeil (district) while they were traveling on a motorbike," heading home from the soldier's post, the army statement said.
The raid comes one day after 11 people, including three civil defense personnel, were killed in strikes in the country's south, according to updated Health Ministry figures, while two army troops were also wounded.
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has called the strike that killed the civil defense workers a "war crime."
President Joseph Aoun said Wednesday that authorities were keeping up "contacts to consolidate the cease-fire and stop the demolition of homes in occupied southern villages," according to a statement from his office.
