Israeli drone strike kills four people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese state media reports

(Reuters)

BEIRUT, July 6- Four people were killed by an ‌Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on Monday, Lebanon’s ​state news agency reported, in what Lebanese ​security sources said marked the deadliest such ⁠attack in several weeks.

The Israeli military ​said it was checking the report.

Israel ​has occupied a swathe of southern Lebanon in a war with Hezbollah that began on March ​2, when the Tehran-backed group opened ​fire at Israel after Iran came under U.S.-Israeli ‌attack.

⁠The intensity of hostilities abated last month, as Iran insisted on its demand for a Lebanon ceasefire in talks with ​the U.S., ​and ⁠as Israel scaled back attacks in Lebanon at Washington’s behest.

​An interim agreement between the United ​States ⁠and Iran signed last month requires both countries and their allies to end ⁠military ​operations on all fronts, ​including Lebanon.