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Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others on Saturday despite a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, officials said.
The Israeli army on Saturday issued a new warning for residents of nine southern villages to evacuate. The Israeli group and the Lebanese group Hezbollah continued to attack despite the suspension of attacks since April 17.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on the incident of an airstrike on a car in the village of Kfar Dajjal, killing two people, while another hit a house in the village of Lwaizeh, killing three. Two others died in the strike in Shoukin village, the report said.
An Arabic-speaking Israeli military spokesman, Lt. Col. Ella Waweya, wrote in X that the Israeli military has carried out about 50 airstrikes in the last 24 hours targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and members.
Hezbollah said it launched an airstrike on Israeli soldiers who met on Saturday at a house in the coastal area of Bayed.
In recent weeks, the Israeli army has been leveling neighborhoods in cities and areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border. The military says it is destroying buildings used as headquarters by an Iran-backed group.
The supreme leader of Iran said in a statement that the future of the Persian Gulf is one that does not include America, and American President Donald Trump wrote ‘No more Mr. Nice Guy’ on his Truth Social forum. Israel also ordered the evacuation of people outside the ‘safe zone’ in Lebanon, warning of strikes, as Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the drone attacks.
The Israeli military has released a new video that it says shows Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon being blown up. The video, released on Friday, shows soldiers carrying an Israeli flag and walking through the destruction of a football stadium in the Lebanese city of Bint Jbeil. The military said on its website that the air force “destroyed the city square after it was discovered that it had been bombed.”
The latest war between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, two days after the United States and Israel launched a war against Hezbollah’s main backer, Iran.
Israel has since launched hundreds of airstrikes and raided southern Lebanon, capturing dozens of border towns and villages.
Since then, Lebanon and Israel have held their first direct talks in more than three decades. The two countries have been officially at war since the founding of the state of Israel in 1948. A ten-day ceasefire announced in Washington went into effect on April 17. The ceasefire was later extended for three weeks.
The Ministry of Health in Lebanon said on Friday that the death toll reached 2,618, while 8,094 were injured.
