Israeli airstrikes kill 18 in southern Lebanon
Attacks target towns of Bazouriyeh, Arabsalim, Toura, Seir al-Gharbiyeh
The Lebanese Health Ministry said 11 people were killed and nine injured in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Seir al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh governorate.
A fighter jet struck the town of Bazouriyeh in Tyre district, killing one person and injuring two others, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported.
An Israeli drone strike also killed a young man in the town of Arabsalim in Nabatieh district, it said.
A house was also hit in an Israeli strike in the town of Toura in Tyre, killing a woman and injuring two people.
NNA also reported strikes in Nabatieh governorate, including attacks in Abba and Jebchit, while an Israeli drone strike in Doueir killed a 50-year-old farmer.
A paramedic with the Islamic Health Organization was killed after a civil defense team came under Israeli fire while inspecting the site of an earlier strike in Arabsalim, NNA reported.
The Israeli army ordered residents of six villages in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate ahead of planned strikes.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on the US social media platform X that residents in Kfarsir, Seir al-Gharbiyeh, Zrariyeh, Ansar, Mazraat Kawthariyet El Riz and Kharayeb should move at least 1,000 meters away to open areas.
The attacks came despite a US-mediated ceasefire that is supposed to remain in effect until early July.
Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed more than 3,100 people, injured over 9,500 and displaced 1.6 million since March 2, according to Lebanese officials.
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