Israeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre after Iranian warning to stop attacks
The strikes followed an Iranian warning, and Lebanese officials said the attacks killed at least 11 people and wounded nine more.
- On Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least eight people in Tyre, Lebanon, after military spokesperson Avichay Adraee issued an urgent evacuation warning for the city, including its Christian quarter.
- These strikes occur as Israel and Iran paused direct attacks following U.S. intervention, though Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed the military would 'continue to operate in Lebanon against the terrorist organisation Hezbollah.'
- Christian religious leaders from Tyre urged international intervention to spare the old quarter, as hundreds of families fled the city following the warning, clogging coastal highways with vehicles packed with possessions.
- An Israeli missile strike near a Lebanese Red Cross building killed five people and wounded eight, including four paramedics, according to the Lebanese health ministry, while rescuers searched for survivors.
- The latest Israel-Hezbollah conflict has killed around 3,500 people and displaced more than 1.2 million, as a UN commission reports widespread violations of human rights law by parties to the regional conflict.
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Israeli strikes kill 11 near Tyre after evacuation warning for southern Lebanese city
TYRE, June 10 — Israeli airstrikes on the historic city of Tyre in southern Lebanon and surrounding areas killed 11 people yesterday amid an Israeli military warning for the entire city to evacuate.Israel’s army said its forces killed a gunman who had managed to infiltrate Israeli territory from Lebanon and opened fire on its troops.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported raids on more than a dozen other locations across the coun…
Yesterday the order arrived to evacuate the neighborhoods that had been spared until now. A river of cars flows along the roads leading north
Israel carried out attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, despite warnings from Iran. Eight people were killed in the city of Tyre during the attacks and…
Israeli warning prompts call from Christian leaders in Lebanon for quick international action
Christian religious leaders from Lebanon’s southern port city of Tyre called on the international community and Lebanese officials on Tuesday to act quickly to prevent Israel from attacking the Christian district of the city, as airstrikes on nearby neighbourhoods killed eight people and wounded dozens of others.
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