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Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 23 in Lebanon
Israeli attacks across Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 23 people, including strikes in southern towns and near Beirut, despite a ceasefire brokered by President Trump that took effect on April 16. The Israeli military said it targeted over 85 Hezbollah sites in response to rocket and drone attacks that wounded three Israeli soldiers.
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Israeli strikes across Lebanon killed at least 23 people on Saturday as fighting with Hezbollah intensified despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire now in its third week. Officials said an attack on the town of al-Saksakieh in the southern Sidon district killed at least seven people, including a child, and wounded 15 others, including three children.
Additional strikes killed a Syrian man and his daughter in Nabatieh, three people in Nahrain, three in Saadiyat, three in Haboush, one in Mefdoun, and four more in separate incidents including a drone strike on a motorcycle and an air raid in the al-Bayad neighbourhood of Nabatieh.
The Israeli military separately announced it hit more than 85 Hezbollah targets over the weekend. These included rocket launchers, weapons depots, underground manufacturing facilities and buildings used by the Iranian-backed group. The strikes came after Hezbollah launched explosive drones that entered Israeli territory and wounded three soldiers, one seriously, along with rockets that landed near Israeli troops in southern Lebanon without causing further casualties.
In response, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for several villages in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning and carried out retaliatory strikes. The military maintained a buffer zone south of the Litani River, preventing the return of hundreds of thousands of displaced residents while continuing to occupy parts of the area and demolish houses.
The ceasefire announced by President Trump on April 16 was intended to pause major fighting but explicitly allows Israel defensive action against Hezbollah threats. Since that date, Israeli forces have killed nearly 500 people in Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials.
