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Israeli airstrikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon village

Israel’s latest strikes on a Lebanese village leave 11 dead, including two children, raising fears of escalating conflict and threatening a US‑brokered ceasefire.

Source: bbc.co.uk1 min read

In brief

Israel launched two air raids on the southern Lebanese village of Arab Salim early on Sunday, killing 11 people – nine in a three‑storey residential building and two paramedics in a vehicle strike. State media and the Lebanese National News Agency confirmed the casualties, and Israel said it was investigating the reports. Earlier this week, Israeli forces had already killed seven locals in retaliation for alleged Hezbollah drone attacks. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun cautioned that the violence threatens the ceasefire agreed in June, warning of a dangerous escalation. The incident deepens tensions in a region already strained by historic border disputes.

Men look at an excavator working at the site of an Israeli strike in Arab Salim, southern Lebanon

Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, including two children, Lebanese state media say.

Nine people were killed in one strike that destroyed a three‑storey residential building in Kfar Rumman shortly after midnight, while two paramedics were killed in a second strike on a car, according to the National News Agency.

The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed seven people in southern Lebanon, as the Israeli military retaliated for what it said were drone attacks by the armed group Hezbollah on its troops in occupied areas of the country.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun warned that the attacks were a "dangerous escalation" that jeopardised the US‑brokered ceasefire agreed in June, which was meant to end the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

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