BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug 25, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Lebanon's health ministry said one person was killed Sunday in an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the country's south, after Israel launched what it called pre-emptive strikes against Hezbollah.

An "Israeli drone strike on a car in the village of Khiam" killed one person, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the National News Agency. The Amal movement, a Hezbollah ally, later announced a fighter from Khiam had been killed.

The ministry also reported two people including a Syrian man were wounded in "a series of Israeli raids" in the south, the NNA said.