In the latest flagrant violation of a shaky ceasefire agreement with Lebanon, the Israeli military has carried out a strike against a residential building in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut, killing at least three and wounding several others.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said in a brief statement that at least three people lost their lives and seven others sustained injuries in the Israeli attack on Beirut’s Sfeir area.

The local al-Mayadeen television news channel reported that the airstrike targeted a densely populated area at around 3:30 a.m. local time (0030 GMT) on Tuesday, destroying a building and damaging nearby structures.

The report added that the Lebanese army had arrived at the scene and set up a security cordon in the vicinity of the blast.

Civil defense teams and ambulances also rushed to the spot, rescuing people from under the rubble and transporting the injured to hospitals.

The Israeli military later announced in a statement that it targeted a member of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement “who had recently directed Hamas operatives and assisted them.”

A joint statement released by the Israeli military and the regime’s so-called internal security service, Shin Bet, alleged that the aerial attack had targeted a leading Hezbollah figure in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

Informed sources, however, dismissed the claim, and told al-Mayadeen TV that an ordinary member of Hezbollah had been martyred in the strike.

The Israeli airstrike marks the second such attack on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital.

On Thursday, the Israeli army targeted the southern Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighborhood for the first time since a ceasefire went into effect in late November between Israel and Hezbollah.

And now, with this second attack, it seems this is Israel’s new strategy and the occupying regime is not going to stop.

Just two days ago, Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem warned that if Israel continues attacking the group or Lebanon’s capital, the resistance movement will retaliate accordingly.

After enduring substantial losses over almost 14 months of conflict and not achieving its aims in the offensive against Lebanon, Israel had no choice but to agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah. The ceasefire was implemented on November 27.

Since the initiation of the agreement, the occupying forces have been conducting attacks on Lebanon, violating the ceasefire, which encompasses airstrikes across the Arab nation.

On January 27, Lebanon declared its decision to prolong the ceasefire with Israel until February 18.

Despite the February 18 deadline having passed, Israel persists in its occupation of five critical areas in southern Lebanon, which include Labbouneh, Mount Blat, Owayda Hill, Aaziyyeh, and Hammamis Hill, located near the border.

Lebanon has denounced the ongoing presence of Israeli military personnel, which constitutes a breach of the ceasefire agreement and the stipulated withdrawal timeline. High-ranking officials in Beirut have stated their intention to “employ all measures” necessary to expel the occupying forces from the Arab country.