Israeli Strikes Kill 13 in Southern Lebanon as Both Sides Report Continued Violations of Ceasefire

Israeli air strikes killed at least 13 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported. The dead included two paramedics from the Lebanese Civil Defense killed in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh on Tuesday afternoon and six people killed when a house in Kfar Dounine was hit overnight. A third paramedic was injured in the Nabatieh strike.

The two paramedics killed were carrying out a rescue mission in response to an earlier attack that killed one person, Lebanon's health ministry said. They were identified as Hussein Jaber and Ahmad Noura. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun expressed sadness and regret at the killing of the two Civil Defence members in Nabatieh.

He emphasised that the continued Israeli aggression hinders efforts to restore calm. The health ministry accused Israeli forces of deliberately targeting the paramedics. It said this targeting constitutes further evidence of the Israeli enemy's blatant violation of international humanitarian law and its full disregard for all international norms.

A Syrian man was killed and his wife was wounded when an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle on a road in the Tayr Debba area on Tuesday, according to the National News Agency. Three people were killed in an attack on Jabshit on Tuesday, the agency also reported.

As of Monday, at least 2,869 people have been killed in Lebanon including at least 380 since the ceasefire came into force, the Lebanese health ministry said.

Israeli authorities say 18 soldiers and four civilians have been killed over the same period. The health ministry reported that 108 emergency medical services and healthcare workers had been killed in Lebanon during the war as of Monday. More than 140 Israeli attacks were recorded on ambulances and medical facilities as of Monday.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports of the strikes. It said it struck a suspect who was fleeing after an unsuccessful attempt to launch a surface-to-air missile towards one of its aircraft. Hezbollah fighters launched explosive-laden drones towards Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon without causing any casualties, the Israeli military said.

Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli troops in Naqoura, Bayada and Houla in southern Lebanon with drones. It said it had targeted a soldier in Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel. The Israeli military has intensified its strikes on southern Lebanon in recent days.

It said it is targeting Hezbollah fighters and infrastructure and accused Hezbollah of violating the US-brokered ceasefire deal agreed in April. The conflict started on 2 March, two days after the US and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran. Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel after the 2 March events, and Israel responded with widespread air strikes and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

A ceasefire was agreed by the Israeli and Lebanese governments in April. Israeli and Lebanese officials are expected to meet again in Washington on Thursday to try to find a way to end the war.