Seven dead in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon
At least seven people were reported to have been killed in Israeli attacks in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
Israel warns that more attacks are imminent, including in Sarafand.
One of the attacks on Friday morning occurred near the Jabal Amel Hospital, where four were killed, seven were injured and a healthcare facility was slightly damaged, according to the Lebanese Civil Defense.
Another targeted a residential area, where three people were killed and five were injured. Two of the injured were reported to be children.
The Israeli military, the IDF, issued a call early Friday for residents of three towns in Lebanon to leave their homes ahead of an upcoming military operation against the Iran-backed Shiite militia Hezbollah.
“In light of Hezbollah’s violations of the ceasefire and its attacks on Israeli territory, the IDF is forced to act forcefully against them, especially in your areas. The IDF does not intend to harm you,” writes the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee on X.
Israel and Lebanon recently agreed to extend the fragile ceasefire between the countries. The deal is based on Hezbollah stopping attacks on Israel and withdrawing from the border area, which is to be monitored by the Lebanese army. However, Hezbollah has not entered into the negotiations and rejects them, demanding that Israel withdraw completely from Lebanon.
The ongoing wave of violence began in early March, when Hezbollah attacked Israel in retaliation for the attacks on Iran that triggered the war there.
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