Strikes along Israel-Lebanon border kill 4 people as US envoy visits Beirut to press a cease-fire

By BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — State media in Lebanon says an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed three paramedics from the militant group Hezbollah. Hours earlier, a missile strike blamed on the militants killed at least one foreign worker in northern Israel. The deadly violence comes as a senior U.S. envoy is visiting Beirut and warning that a Gaza truce wouldn’t necessarily apply to conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border. Amos Hochstein is urging the parties to reach a lasting cease-fire at the border following meetings Monday with Lebanese leaders. His comments came hours after the deputy leader of Lebanon’s militant group Hamas, Naim Kassem, said the only way to restore calm along the border is to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.