Mutual attacks between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia continued overnight and on Tuesday despite US President Donald Trump's social media posts that the two sides had agreed to call off the hostilities.
On Tuesday morning, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported, among other incidents, on Israeli attacks near the city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon. One person was killed in an attack on a vehicle near the town of Toul, the NNA reported.
The Lebanese army - which is not involved in the conflict - said two of its soldiers were wounded when an Israeli drone hit their car in Nabatiyeh.
Dpa reporters meanwhile said drones could be heard in the morning across large parts of the capital, Beirut.
And in Israel, air raid sirens were triggered overnight in several areas across the country, according to the military.
Two projectiles fired from Lebanon were intercepted, while another "hostile aerial object" crashed within Israeli territory, the military said.
On Monday, Trump announced a halt to the mutual attacks between Israel and Hezbollah. The president, posting on social media, said there would be no Israeli troops "going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back."
While Israel’s military had advanced further into the Lebanese interior in recent weeks than it had in over 25 years, its troops remain far removed from the capital.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun stated that the announced halt to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon applied, for the time being, to the southern suburbs of Beirut. In that area, the Israeli military had, in any case, significantly curtailed its attacks since an official ceasefire went into effect in mid-April.
However, even before Trump’s announcement, Israel had threatened to attack these areas once again and had urged residents of the suburbs - known collectively as Dahiyeh - to flee for a second time.
