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Israel has intensified its strikes in southern Lebanon, resulting in at least 13 deaths, despite ongoing diplomatic talks in Washington. The attacks have sparked outrage among the Lebanese population, who criticize their government's engagement with Israel.
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Israel has launched more deadly strikes on towns across southern Lebanon, pressing on with its invasion despite a diplomatic push in Washington for direct talks between the two countries.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that Wednesday’s attacks killed at least 13 people, just one day after a sit-down between Lebanese and Israeli envoys to the United States.
An Israeli bombing of the town of Jbaa hit a family home, killing a man and his wife, their son and their daughter-in-law, according to NNA, which reported that another five people were killed in the town of Ansariyeh and four in the town of Qadmus.
In parallel, Israel launched more strikes south of Beirut, hitting two vehicles – one in the seafront town of Saadiyat and another on a coastal highway in neighbouring Jiyeh, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of the capital.
Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr said: “There is anger here. People believe the Lebanese government should not have sat down with Israel, the enemy, which has already killed more than 2,000 people in the past few weeks alone.
“What people want here is an end to the attacks,” she said, noting that the neighbourhoods had been “repeatedly targeted in Israeli strikes in recent weeks.”
Residents, she added, were asking why the November 2024 ceasefire between Israel and the armed group Hezbollah, which the former repeatedly breached with near-daily violations, had not been implemented.
The meeting between the Lebanese and Israeli envoys was hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, marking the first direct contact in decades between the two countries.
Both sides said the talks were positive, though ahead of the meeting, Israel had ruled out any discussion of Lebanon’s demand for a ceasefire in the latest war, which erupted on March 2 when Hezbollah opened fire in retaliation for the US-Israeli killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
As Israel doubled down on its offensive against the armed group, issuing another forced displacement order to residents in the south, Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said the “option of negotiations with the enemy is wrong”.
Speaking at a news conference, he accused the Lebanese government of “squandering Lebanon’s political and military strength”, criticising it for withdrawing its army from the south and “leaving it vulnerable to occupation and giving the enemy free rein”.
“The current government has not lived up to the people’s expectations and has failed to grasp the resistance of the young fighters,” he said, slamming Beirut for its “concessions” and for “inciting internal division” in the country.
Israel launched deadly strikes on towns in southern Lebanon, killing at least 13 people, including a family in Jbaa.
More than 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon due to Israeli attacks in recent weeks.
Diplomatic talks are occurring in Washington, D.C., involving Lebanese and Israeli envoys, despite the ongoing violence.
There is significant anger among the Lebanese population, who believe the government should not engage with Israel amidst the ongoing attacks.

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He added that the Iran-aligned group wants a comprehensive ceasefire, not a return to near-daily Israeli strikes and assassinations as seen after the November 2024 ceasefire deal.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Israeli military had issued an evacuation order to residents in the south. NNA said attacks also hit the southern towns of Baraachit, Souaneh, Babliyeh, Seddiqine, Nabatieh El Faouqa and areas along the Litani River.
The outskirts of the town of Bint Jbeil, which has been hit especially hard by a recent Israeli operation that claimed to have killed at least 100 Hezbollah fighters, were also struck by shelling, said NNA.
Homes were also blown up in the southern town of Hanine.