Two men were killed in south Lebanon on Sunday, one by Israeli shelling and the other by an explosive remnant of war, as they took part in the annual olive harvest, according to official media and a local mayor.
South Lebanon has been the scene of two wars since 2023 on Lebanon, and Israeli troops still occupy a band of territory 10 kilometres (six miles) wide running along the border.
The official National News Agency (NNA) said one of the men, a retired soldier, was killed in Yater, in Bint Jbeil district, "after Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the town while he was inspecting his land and olive harvest".
NNA also reported that "a foreign object" left over from Israeli operations in the village of Froun, in the same district, exploded and killed an engineer as he and others tended their trees.
The engineer had come down from Beirut, where he lives, for the harvest, Froun mayor Hassan Bazzi told AFP.
The incident prompted local residents to call off the harvest and wait for "the Lebanese army to complete the decontamination of the village", Bazzi said.
Since a fragile framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel was struck in June, the violence in the south has not stopped.
Israel continues to carry out sporadic strikes and demolitions in and around the territory it occupies, while Hezbollah refuses to submit to government plans to disarm it.
About eight kilometres (five miles) away, in Jibshit, volunteers from the north came to help locals with the harvest in a show of solidarity.
"From north to south, one people and one land," said organiser Ahmad Chahhal.
As workers swatted at branches to make the olives fall, an AFP photographer saw drones and heard fighter jets overhead, with explosions in the distance.
Israel launched an intense bombing campaign and ground invasion early March.
The framework deal between Israel and Lebanon involves Hezbollah's disarmament, a gradual Israeli withdrawal and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region.