Several dead in Israeli attack on southern Lebanon
At least seven people have been killed, including a child, in an Israeli attack on the town of Saksakiyeh, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
Extensive Israeli raids on Lebanon on Saturday have been responded to with drone attacks by the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
A statement from the Health Ministry said that at least 15 people were injured - including three children - in the attack on the town in southern Lebanon. This escalated hostilities between Israel and groups in Lebanon again, despite the fact that a ceasefire formally prevails.
The circumstances surrounding the deaths are not entirely clear, and Israel has not commented on the Lebanese reports.
Targets in Beirut
The Israeli military also carried out attacks outside the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to the Lebanese state news agency NNA.
Another person was killed in an attack near the town of Nabatieh. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the attack targeted a Syrian citizen and his 12-year-old daughter.
The two were traveling on a motorcycle when they were attacked by a drone.
“After the two managed to get away from the scene of the first attack, the drone attacked them a second time,” according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health. The man was killed, but the girl survived – whereupon the drone attacked the girl “immediately and for a third time.”
The girl’s condition was said to be critical.
Highway attacked
At the same time, Israel carried out further attacks on a highway that connects the capital with the southern parts of the country.
The Lebanese Shia militia Hezbollah said it responded to the raids by attacking northern Israel with a drone.
The attack was carried out in an area near Misgav Am, according to a Hezbollah statement. The target of the attack was a “gathering of Israeli soldiers.”
The formal ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah began on April 17.
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