Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill at least 10 people
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least 10 people, including civilians and a Lebanese soldier, amid ongoing cross-border attacks with Hezbollah. Hezbollah responded by launching drones and rockets into northern Israel, wounding two soldiers. Despite a ceasefire in place since April 17, both sides have continued their attacks, exacerbating humanitarian conditions in the region.
- ▪An Israeli airstrike on Habboush killed six people, including a woman and a child, and wounded eight others.
- ▪Hezbollah launched multiple drones and rockets at northern Israel, with one explosive drone causing a fire and two soldiers lightly wounded.
- ▪Five people, including a man and his three sons, were killed in an airstrike on Kfar Rumman, and a Lebanese soldier, Ali Jaber, also died in the same strike.
- ▪Two Lebanese Red Cross volunteers have been killed and 18 others wounded in Israeli strikes, according to the IFRC.
- ▪Hospitals in southern Lebanon, like Jabal Aamel in Tyre, are overwhelmed and hosting displaced staff to maintain operations.
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Open this photo in gallery:Smoke rises over the Lebanese village of Habboush following Israeli strikes on Friday.Stringer/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountIsrael carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Lebanon that killed at least 10 people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rockets and drones at northern Israel where two soldiers were wounded.Israel’s military and Hezbollah kept up their attacks despite a ceasefire in place since April 17.Israel’s military on Friday afternoon urged residents of the Lebanese village of Habboush near the southern city of Nabatiyeh to evacuate, warning that those close to Hezbollah’s facilities would be in danger.
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