Islamist leader among 2 dead in Israeli strikes on Lebanon

A leader from Hamas-aligned Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya was among two people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, the group and Israel’s military said.

Israel has continued to carry out regular strikes on Lebanon despite a November truce with militant group Hezbollah that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between the foes including two months of all-out war.

Lebanon’s civil defence said “an Israeli drone targeted a car” near the coastal town of Damour, about…