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Israeli attacks kill four in southern Lebanon
TL;DR
Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district have killed at least four people, according to state news. The strikes targeted a truck and a motorcycle, defying a ceasefire extension with Hezbollah.
Key points
- Israeli attacks killed at least four people in southern Lebanon
- Strikes targeted a truck and a motorcycle in Yohmor al-Shaqif
- Israeli soldiers blew up buildings in Bint Jbeil
- Bombings reported in residential blocks in Khiam
- Attacks defy a ceasefire extension with Hezbollah
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Israeli attacks have killed at least four people in southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh district, the state news agency reports, as Israel continues to pummel the country in defiance of a three-week extension of a ceasefire with Hezbollah.
In a statement on Saturday, Lebanon Ministry of Public Health’s emergency operations centre said two Israeli raids on a truck and a motorcycle in the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif killed four people, the Lebanese National News Agency reported.
Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett, reporting from the city of Tyre, said the attacks were carried out north of the Litani River, below which Israel has unilaterally declared to be operating.
Meanwhile, in the city of Bint Jbeil, also in southern Lebanon, Israeli soldiers reportedly blew up buildings on Saturday morning.
Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground separately reported bombings in the city of Khiam, including on residential blocks.
Israel’s ongoing spree is “part of a continued pattern of Israeli military activity, despite what is ostensibly a ceasefire”, Pett said, adding that the “rumble and thud of explosions” could be heard across southern swaths of the country.
“That is Israel demolishing houses and buildings,” she said.
The attacks are the latest to rock southern Lebanon since United States President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire extension on Thursday. Within hours, the Israeli military claimed it had “eliminated” six Hezbollah fighters in an exchange of fire near Bint Jbeil.
Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayyad said the ceasefire was “meaningless in light of Israel’s insistence on hostile acts, including assassinations, shelling, and gunfire”.
He added that Israeli attacks meant Hezbollah retains the “right to retaliate”.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was “maintaining full freedom of action against any threat” and claimed Hezbollah was “trying to sabotage” the pause.
Before Trump’s announcement, a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute suggested that Jewish Israeli respondents overwhelmingly supported continuing the conflict, even if it led to friction with the US.
The Lebanese leadership has rejected the possibility of Lebanon being used as a “bargaining chip” amid potential US-Israel negotiations with Iran, Pett said.
Lebanese civilians, meanwhile, are facing the fallout.
Q&A
How many people were killed in the recent Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon?
At least four people were killed in the Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district.
What areas in southern Lebanon were affected by the Israeli airstrikes?
The Israeli airstrikes targeted the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif and also reported bombings in Bint Jbeil and Khiam.
What is the context of the ceasefire related to the Israeli attacks?
The attacks occurred despite a three-week extension of a ceasefire with Hezbollah, which Israel is reportedly defying.
