An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of the militant Hamas group in the country, Israel's military said. The strike came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.

The Israeli military said it killed a Hamas commander in an air strike in southern Lebanon on Monday, accusing him of planning attacks against Israel from Lebanese territory.

The Israeli army intensified its attacks in southern Lebanon on Monday ahead of a Feb. 18 deadline for withdrawing its forces from the area. Israeli forces pushed deep into the center of Kfarchouba town, where Lebanese army troops are deployed, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported.

No immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident, which comes two days before the deadline for implementation of a ceasefire agreement

An Israeli drone strike in Sidon, southern Lebanon, killed one person on Monday, marking the deepest attack since the ceasefire between Hezbollah and

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of the Palestinian Hamas group in the country, Israel's military said.  The strike came on the eve of the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from southern Lebanon under the ceasefire agreement that ended the 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah.

An Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday killed the head of the militant Hamas group in the country, Israel's military said.

At least one person was killed on Monday in an Israeli strike on a car in the southern city of Saida, a day before the deadline for Israel to withdraw from Lebanon under a fragile ceasefire. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem said on Sunday that it was the recently-formed Lebanese government's responsibility to ensure that the Israeli army withdraws