Israeli air strikes on Lebanon kill 41 people in 24-hours
Strikes on Saturday killed at least 10 people, raising the death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2 to 2,659, with 8,183 others injured.
Israel has launched multiple strikes across southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people in further violations of the “ceasefire” declared two weeks ago.
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health said the latest wave of attacks on Saturday increased the total recorded over the previous 24 hours to 41. The overall death toll since March 2 is 2,659, with 8,183 injured.
Quoting the health ministry, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said three people were killed in an Israeli attack on the town of Shoukine in Nabatieh district.
An earlier attack on a car in the village of Kfar Dajjal killed two people. Three others were killed when a home was hit in the village of Lwaizeh. A strike on the village of Shoukin killed two people, NNA reported.
Israeli forces carried out an air strike near al-Quds roundabout in the city of Nabatieh, and warplanes attacked the town of Siddiqine in Tyre district.
Israel continues to violate the ceasefire that began on April 17 and was later extended until mid-May.
Israel claims its attacks target the pro-Iran Lebanese group Hezbollah, but many of the dead were civilians.
More than one million people in Lebanon have been registered as displaced since the outbreak of the war.
Hezbollah says attacks will continue
Despite the rising death toll, Hezbollah on Friday pledged to continue attacks on Israeli forces inside Lebanese territory.
The group said it targeted multiple gatherings of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in several front-line towns in southern Lebanon. The attacks included artillery strikes on troops near Moussa Abbas complex in Bint Jbeil and the village of Hula. Drones were used to attack soldiers in Biyyada.
Hezbollah has recently been using small drones controlled by fibre-optic cables to hit Israeli tanks. Three Israeli soldiers have been killed.