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Israeli Strikes Kill Nine in Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires Rockets
Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, including two paramedics, while Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel. The exchanges tested a partial ceasefire reached on Monday that limits attacks on Beirut and northern Israeli communities.
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Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanese health authorities said, while Hezbollah said it fired rockets at Israeli troops in the north. Lebanon's health ministry reported that four Syrians and two Palestinians died in a strike near Tyre.
Two paramedics were killed when their ambulance was hit in the Chehour area, and a Lebanese soldier died when a drone struck his motorcycle near Nabatieh.
Cross-border exchanges Israel's military said it intercepted a drone and two projectiles that crossed the border. Hezbollah stated it targeted Israeli troops in response to what it called violations of the Monday ceasefire. The incidents occurred on the second day of Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington aimed at strengthening the partial ceasefire.
Under the agreement, Israel is to refrain from bombing Beirut in exchange for Hezbollah not attacking Israel.
Casualty figures and displacement At least 3,516 people have been killed in Lebanon since the conflict began on 2 March, according to the health ministry. The United Nations reports more than one million people have registered as displaced. Israeli officials say 26 soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border during the same period.
