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Israeli Air Attacks Kill at Least 11 in Southern Lebanon
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In Short: Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people, including two infants, according to Lebanese state media, as tensions continue despite a recent agreement.
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people, including two infants, according to Lebanese state media, a day after Israel intensified strikes in the area following the seizure of a strategic ridge from Hezbollah, a claim the group has not commented on.
The strikes, which targeted a residential building in Kfar Rumman, near Nabatieh, also killed two rescuers, Lebanese officials reported. Israel operates inside a self-declared 'security zone' around 10 kilometers deep into Lebanon along the border.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged the international community to help stop Israeli attacks, as fighting in the region had decreased since a June agreement between Washington and Tehran, and a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
Despite the agreement, Israeli air attacks have continued, with medics and civilians among the casualties. The pilot zones, meant to disarm Hezbollah and allow Israeli withdrawals, have stalled, leading to uncertainty and fear in southern Lebanon.
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- The NNA reported that the Israeli strike destroyed the building in Deir Zahrani 22 minutes after the warning was issued.
- Israeli warplanes hit a residential building early on Monday in the town of Kfar Reman in southern Lebanon, killing nine people including two children, and wounding five others, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
- A separate Israeli drone attack on a civilian vehicle in the town killed two medics inside the car, NNA said.
- The Israeli military also struck a residential area in the town of Deir al-Zahrani in southern Lebanon overnight after it issued a forced evacuation order.
- Reporting from Kfar Reman, Khodr said “uncertainty and fear” are now the prevailing feelings in southern Lebanon, as people had started returning to the region and rebuilding their homes with the hope that attacks would stop after the Lebanon-Israel deal was signed in June.