Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel
Lebanon said Israeli airstrikes killed 5 people and wounded 8 as Hezbollah launched rockets toward northern Israel without causing casualties.
- On Friday, Israeli airstrikes on the southern village of Toura killed at least five people, while Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel that largely fell in open areas without inflicting casualties.
- These exchanges occurred despite a 10-day ceasefire in place since April 17, as hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2.
- The Health Ministry in Lebanon reported four people killed in Toura, while the National News Agency confirmed a paramedic from the Lebanese Civil Defense died near Kfar Chouba.
- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told a visiting European Union delegation that countries should pressure Israel to abstain from 'detonating and bulldozing' homes, as European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib described Lebanon as 'hostage.'
- Diplomats plan to convene in Washington next Thursday and Friday to address the strikes, following meetings between Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Simon Karam, the head of the Lebanese delegation.
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Israeli strikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least five people Friday, while the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group fired rockets on northern Israel without inflicting any casualties.
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Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in southern Lebanon as Hezbollah rockets hit open areas in Israel
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least five people. Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that the strikes Friday targeted the village of Toura near Tyre, wounding eight others.
The Lebanese militant movement Hezbollah announced on Friday that it had attacked a military base in northern Israel with rockets despite a ceasefire in response to the Jewish state's strikes on southern Lebanon and the suburbs of Beirut. TASR reports this according to an AFP report.
Israeli airstrikes and Hezbollah rockets continue despite ceasefire in Lebanon conflict
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said an Israeli strike on the southern village of Toura, near the port city of Tyre, killed four people and injured eight others. A separate strike near the village of Kfar Chouba reportedly killed a paramedic with the Lebanese Civil Defense, News.Az reports, citing Daily Mail. The strikes followed an Israeli military evacuation warning issued earlier in the day to residents of six villages in the Tyre region, including…
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