Israel launches deadly strike on south Lebanon as war grinds on

AFP | Beirut, Lebanon                                                    

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Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike killed three people near the southern city of Sidon on Sunday as more bombs fell in the country’s east after Israel warned it would again hit Hezbollah targets there.

In Israel, the military said it intercepted several projectiles fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory, while some fell in unpopulated areas. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been at war since September 23, when Israel escalated air raids over the border after a year of tit-for-tat exchanges of fire.

One week later it sent ground troops into southern Lebanon on “targeted raids”. Hezbollah said it was acting in support of Palestinian militants Hamas, whose unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 last year triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.

“The Israeli enemy’s raid on Haret Saida resulted in an initial death toll of three people killed and nine others injured,” Lebanon’s health ministry said, referring to a densely populated area near Sidon.

New evacuation call The Israeli military on Sunday called for the evacuation of the Baalbek area in eastern Lebanon, warning that it was ready to strike Hezbollah targets there and in nearby Douris.

The latest evacuation call came as the military’s Home Front Command activated sirens at regular intervals along the border as dozens of projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory since Sunday morning.

Th military said its forces continued to carry out “targeted raids” in southern Lebanon aimed at eliminating Hezbollah fighters.