Lebanon Says Israel Conducts Wave of Deadly Strikes
The dead included two infants and a rescuer as Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah sites after drone launches.
- On Sep 7, Israeli airstrikes in the south Lebanon village of Kfar Rumman killed 11 people, including two infants, according to the National News Agency , marking an intensification of violence after a weeks-long lull.
- Israel's foreign ministry accused Hezbollah of "repeated drone attacks" and "attempting to rebuild its military capabilities in southern Lebanon," claiming the group violated the ceasefire agreement between the two nations.
- One overnight strike destroyed a three-storey residential building in Kfar Rumman, killing nine people, while a separate attack killed a rescuer, aged 18, affiliated with the Amal movement, according to the NNA.
- The Israeli military stated it struck "infrastructure sites" and "several terrorists" transferring weapons, promising to "continue to operate to remove threats while remaining committed to the ceasefire agreement."
- Rescue teams searched debris on Sep 7 for other victims, as villagers who returned home following the June truce face renewed displacement following separate raids that killed seven people the previous day.
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Lebanon says Israel conducts wave of deadly strikes
Israel's military vowed to continue targeting Hezbollah, accusing the Iran-backed militants of repeated violations of a ceasefire in place since June. Hezbollah has not commented on the threat, or on the escalation in strikes seen in recent days. Israel hit swathes of south Lebanon, long a stronghold of Hezbollah, hard during the Middle East war that erupted with joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, and its forces continue to occupy what it calls a…
The most recent bombings killed 11 people, including two infants, on Monday reported a Lebanese state media outlet.
Israel stated on Monday that it would continue to target pro-Iranian Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after strikes that killed 12 people, most of whom were members of the same family, including women and children, despite the ceasefire.
"Hizbullah continues to try to rebuild its military capabilities in southern Lebanon. These violations will not be tolerated," the Israeli Foreign Ministry wrote on X.
Israel on Monday accused the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah of repeatedly violating a ceasefire agreement in recent days.
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