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Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill at least 12 people, intensifying rising regional tensions

Israeli strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons and a Hamas command site, killing at least 12 and injuring over 30, risking escalation amid a fragile US-brokered ceasefire.

  • On Friday, Israeli strikes killed at least 10 people and wounded 50 in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley and other areas, marking some of the deadliest attacks in recent weeks.
  • The Israel Defense Forces said it struck Hezbollah command centres in the Baalbek area to hit weapons storage and disrupt attacks, framing the raids as responses to repeated ceasefire violations and targeting Hamas operatives.
  • In Ain al-Hilweh, a strike killed two people near Sidon on Friday, Hamas said two members died but rejected the claim a command centre was hit, calling it a "flimsy pretext".
  • A Hezbollah source said a senior official was killed, and Lebanon's government filed a UN complaint last month as leaders warned broader strikes risk destabilisation amid US threats to Iran.
  • The UN noted more than 10,000 attacks since the truce, and the IDF reports over 1,200 raids striking hundreds of Hezbollah sites, while the UN rights office verified at least 108 civilian casualties last year.
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The Lebanese National News Agency reported that Israel launched hostile raids targeting towns and mountainous areas in the Baalbek district, resulting in a final toll of "one martyr and 29 wounded"...

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The Israeli military said on Thursday it had struck eight compounds belonging to an elite Hezbollah unit in eastern Lebanon.

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