“The terrorists were involved in smuggling weapons used by Hezbollah and their activities constituted a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon,” the Israeli military said.

“The IDF [military] will continue to operate in order to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel,” it warned.

Lebanon’s health ministry confirmed the death toll in Shebaa, later reporting that another strike on a car in the southern village of Baraashit had killed one person and wounded four.