Lebanon state media says Israeli strike kills woman in south
<p> BEIRUT: Lebanon said Israeli airstrikes on the country’s south on Thursday killed a woman, as Israel’s military said it struck Hezbollah targets after the Iran-backed group attacked its soldiers in the south overnight.<br /> Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported a series of Israeli airstrikes including on the town of Arab Salim, where it said a woman who “had been married for 48 hours” was killed, with other people wounded.<br /> Israel’s military said in a statement that it struck “Hezbollah infrastructure” in south Lebanon, including weapons storage facilities.<br /> It said the strikes came “in response” to Hezbollah activity overnight when the Iran-backed militants “launched two explosive drones” toward Israeli soldiers operating in the Ali Al-Taher ridge, without causing casualties.<br /> Israel has increased its attacks on south Lebanon in recent days, particularly in the Nabatieh area where the strategic Ali Al-Taher ridge is located.<br /> Israel has previously said Hezbollah fighters are holed up in “underground terror infrastructure” there.<br /> On August 15, Lebanon said Israeli strikes killed 11 people including several children, as Israel’s military said it launched raids in retaliation for a Hezbollah attack and that it killed two of the group’s commanders.<br /> Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East conflict on March 2 by attacking Israel in support of its backer Iran, triggering massive Israeli airstrikes and a ground invasion that Lebanese authorities say have killed more than 4,300 people.<br /> Israeli forces are operating inside a self-declared “security zone,” which runs around 10 kilometers (six miles) deep inside Lebanese territory along the border.<br /> Violence has dropped since a US-Iran memorandum of understanding on the broader conflict in June and a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon later that month.<br /> But Lebanon still reports Israeli strikes, artillery shelling and broad demolitions of civilian buildings in southern villages and towns.</p>