Lebanese official media reported a new Israeli strike outside Beirut, moments after it reported two strikes on the highway linking the capital to the country’s south, AFP reports.

The state-run National News Agency said the strike hit the Chouf district, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Beirut and not far from a previous strike on the Saadiyat highway.

Both areas are outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds and came despite a ceasefire in the Iran-backed group’s war with Israel.