Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill at least three

Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least three people and injured 23 late on Friday, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The attacks came despite a truce between Israel and Hezbollah.

The ministry said strikes hit five locations in the southern Tyre and Nabatieh regions and in the eastern Bekaa region. The death toll increased from an earlier figure reported by Lebanese official media, which had recorded two deaths in the south.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said one strike hit near the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge. The Israeli army said it had captured the ridge, although Hezbollah did not confirm that it had lost control of the area.

NNA reported that two young men were targeted while riding a motorcycle in Nabatieh. Rescuers took their bodies to a local hospital. Israel announced on Thursday that it had taken control of the ridge. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military would work to "prevent the enemy from re-establishing itself in the area."

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prevent the enemy from re-establishing itself in the area.