Lebanon says 2 dead in Israeli strikes on south, 13 in Palestinian camp

AFP , Tuesday 18 Nov 2025

Lebanon said Israeli strikes in the country's south killed two people on Tuesday, the latest deadly raids despite a nearly year-long ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah.

 Israeli strike on a vehicle
File Photo: A Lebanese army vehicle is pictured at the site of an Israeli strike on a vehicle on the Khardali road in south Lebanon's Marjeyoun area. AFP

 

An "Israeli enemy drone strike on a car in the city of Bint Jbeil killed one person", the health ministry said in a statement, while the state-run National News Agency said the raid killed an employee of the Bint Jbeil municipalities union.

The health ministry later said an Israeli drone strike on a car killed one person in Blida, elsewhere in south Lebanon near the border.

Also, the death toll from an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's south had risen to at least 13 dead.

In an updated toll, the health ministry reported "13 dead and several others wounded" in the strike in the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of Sidon.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said the strike targeted a car near the Khalid bin al-Walid mosque and that "subsequently it was reported that the raid also targeted" the mosque itself and a centre of the same name.

A November 2024 ceasefire sought to end more than a year of hostilities, including two months of open war between Israel and Hezbollah that erupted over the Gaza conflict.

Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon despite the truce, mainly claiming it is targeting Hezbollah operatives and sites, and accusing the group of rearming.

The Israeli military has also kept troops in five areas of South Lebanon that it deems strategic.

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