Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded four in southern Lebanon on Thursday, casting immediate doubt over the durability of a newly extended ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel. The attacks occurred just hours after the two nations, in talks brokered by Washington, agreed to renew their fragile truce and create “pilot” security zones from which Hezbollah militants would be banned.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that a drone struck a motorcycle in the village of Maaroub, killing one and wounding another. An earlier strike on a car in Zefta wounded Antoine Bouissa, his wife Terez, and their daughter Najat — all from the predominantly Christian town of Marjayoun. Additional drone strikes hit villages in the Tyre district, including Kfar Rumman and Kfar Tebnit.

Suad Attia, a resident, said the ceasefire “should not favor some people over others” and questioned whether it would require an Israeli pullback from occupied lands. Khaled Zaghloul, also from Beirut, insisted Israel must guarantee “no ambitions to occupy” Lebanon once Hezbollah is weakened. Hassan Dakhlallah, from the southern city of Tyre, pointed to history: “Once it occupies something, it does not withdraw from it.”

The diplomacy unfolding in Washington involves only the Lebanese and Israeli governments at the ambassadorial level, with no direct Hezbollah participation. The group remains excluded from talks that began last month. Israel’s military issued a warning forbidding movement south of the Zahrani river, near Sidon, stating it continues to hit Hezbollah infrastructure.

The extension of the ceasefire was meant to build confidence, but the fresh strikes and lack of binding guarantees from Israel leave many Lebanese unconvinced.