BEIRUT

One person was killed Monday in an Israeli drone attack targeting a residential apartment in a building in the Hazmieh area east of the Lebanese capital Beirut, Lebanon's Health Ministry said.

The Israeli army claimed the person killed was affiliated with the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), without providing further details.

No statements were issued by Lebanese authorities or the Hezbollah group.

The Israeli army has pounded Lebanon with airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2.

Lebanese authorities say at least 1,039 people have since been killed and 2,876 injured in Israeli attacks.

The current escalation followed the start of a joint US-Israeli offensive on Iran which has killed more than 1,340 people since Feb. 28.

Iran has retaliated with drone and missile strikes on Israel along with Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries, which it says are targeting US military assets.

*Writing by Serdar Dincel