Lebanese security forces and rescue teams inspect a charred car that was hit by an Israeli drone strike on the road leading to the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura on the border with Israel on September 2, 2024. AFP
"The Israeli enemy's strike targeting a car in Naqura left two dead," the health ministry said.
A security source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the car "belonged to a cleaning company under contract with the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)", deployed along the border with Israel.
The two victims were "an employee of this company and his cousin, both from Naqura", a town along Lebanon's border with Israel, according to the source.
"The cousin, who lives in an African country, arrived in Lebanon two days ago," the source added.
Hezbollah's Al-Manar television channel reported that the two dead in Naqura were civilians, while Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported a drone strike on the Naqura road, without giving further details.
Hezbollah has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with the Israeli army since the war on Gaza began in October.
More than 110,000 people have been displaced from southern Lebanon due to the cross-border fighting, according to the UN.
In Israel, authorities say around 100,000 people have been displaced in the country's north.
The Israeli violence has killed some 609 people in Lebanon, including at least 132 civilians, according to an AFP tally.
On the Israeli side, including in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, Tel Aviv announced the deaths of at least 24 soldiers and 26 civilians.
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