Lebanon’s army has retrieved the bodies of two shepherds killed by Israeli fire, official media said, raising to 66 the number killed in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to an AFP tally.

The two shepherds, aged 20 and 22, had been reported missing on Wednesday as they herded their flock through Wazzani, their home village near the border, Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

“They were found dead after the (Israeli) occupation forces opened fire in their direction,” the NNA said.

A local official from the border village of Yater told AFP that a 16-year-old died of his wounds on Wednesday following an Israeli bombardment.

Hezbollah on Thursday said it had downed an Israeli drone with a surface-to-air missile, the second such announcement in days. Their chief Hassan Nasrallah is set to speak on Friday for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war broke out.