BEIRUT, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and a third was injured on Monday in an Israeli drone strike on the village of Taybeh in southern Lebanon, according to official media reports and military sources.

The National News Agency reported that the airstrike targeted a group of people near a school in Taybeh.

A source from the Lebanese Red Cross told Xinhua that its crews transferred two bodies and an injured person from Taybeh to a hospital in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.

A Lebanese military source, who requires anonymity, told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired an air-to-ground missile at a public square near the school in Taybeh, killing two people and injuring another.

The Israeli army also fired heavy machine gun rounds towards the outskirts of the town of Naqoura in southern Lebanon, the source added.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) issued a statement on Monday calling on all parties to stop violations of UN resolution 1701 and refrain from any actions that would jeopardize the cessation of hostilities and the current fragile stability.

"The UNIFIL strongly urges accelerating the progress of the Israeli army's withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the deployment of the Lebanese army there," according to the statement.

A ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, went into effect on Nov. 27, aiming to halt nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

The terms of the ceasefire agreement include Israel's withdrawal from Lebanese territory within 60 days, the deployment of the Lebanese army along the Lebanese-Israeli border and in southern Lebanon to take over security, and a ban on the presence of weapons and militants in the area. Enditem

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