BEIRUT: Israeli shelling killed two people in south Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese official said, as the collapse of a truce.

Hezbollah later said one of its fighters was among those killed. It also said it had carried out several attacks on Israeli military positions at the border in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israeli army said its artillery struck sources of fire from Lebanon and air defences had intercepted two launches.

Sirens warning of possible incoming rockets sounded in several towns in northern Israel, sending residents running for shelter.

Israeli shelling killed a woman and her 35-year-old son in the Lebanese border town of Houla, Shakeeb Koteich, the head of the town’s municipal council, authorities saying both were civilians, contradicting Hezbollah’s statement later which named a “martyr” killed in Houla.

“A shell landed near the house, and then a second one hit the house,” Koteich said by telephone.

Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2023