Drone attacks target vehicles in Nabatieh amid fragile ceasefire negotiations between Iran and the US.<\/p>\n
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Multiple Israeli strikes have killed at least four people in southern Lebanon\u2019s Nabatieh governorate, according to Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency (NNA), despite a ceasefire and a recent understanding between the United States and Iran to end the war on all fronts.<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s killing took place as separate drone attacks targeted two vehicles in Mayfadoun.\u00a0A third vehicle was also targeted in the village of Shoukin, the agency said.<\/p>\n
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Throughout the often fragile negotiations between Iran and the US, Iranian officials repeatedly said that any ceasefire arrangement would need to include an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon.<\/p>\n
While the final text of the memorandum of understanding has not yet been made public, the prime minister of Pakistan, which is acting as one of the mediators in the conflict, said on Monday that the agreement envisaged an immediate halt to military operations \u201con all fronts, including Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Israel\u2019s continued occupation of southern Lebanon would violate the deal, adding that \u201cwithout the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the territories they occupied during this war, the war has not fully come to an end\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u2060Iran\u2019s Top Joint Military Command, Khatam \u2060al-Anbiya Central \u2060Headquarters, said that \u200cIsrael should expect a hard response from the Iranian armed \u2060forces if it \u2060did not stop its \u2060attacks on southern \u2060Lebanon.<\/p>\n
In a phone conversation with Lebanon\u2019s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Iran\u2019s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, called for the US to compel Israel to end its war on Lebanon, stop home demolitions, and withdraw from occupied Lebanese territory.<\/p>\n