Israeli airstrikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon, including children and medics
Israeli air and drone attacks in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people, among them two children and two medics, as fighting continues despite a U.S.-brokered framework agreement.
Israeli warplanes struck a residential building in the town of Kfar Reman early Monday, killing nine people, including two children, and wounding five others, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. A separate drone attack on a civilian vehicle in the same town killed two medics inside the car.
The Israeli military also bombed a residential area in Deir al-Zahrani overnight after issuing a forced evacuation order, saying it targeted a building near a Hezbollah facility that it alleged was used to launch an explosive drone.
The attacks follow Israeli raids the previous day on Arab Salim, which left at least seven dead and 20 injured. They occur despite a United States-mediated framework agreement signed in June that established "pilot zones" intended to allow the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah while Israeli forces withdraw.
"Uncertainty and fear are now the prevailing feelings in southern Lebanon," reported journalist Zeina Khodr from Kfar Reman. "The feeling here is that Israel is trying to impose new rules of engagement. People just do not know what is next."
Khodr added that recovery efforts by civil-defence workers are ongoing, describing the situation as a recovery operation rather than a rescue.
Lebanon's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes since early March have killed more than 4,350 people and wounded over 12,300, and it recorded 179 attacks on ambulance crews, killing 135 healthcare workers.