Israeli airstrikes kill 12 more civilians in southern Lebanon amid continued ceasefire violations

Israeli forces have carried out a series of airstrikes targeting multiple areas in Lebanon’s Nabatieh governorate, killing a dozen civilians and marking continued violations of a ceasefire agreement that has been in place since April 17.

According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Harouf and Choukine, as well as the heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah, amid intensified aerial activity over the region.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health has revised the casualty figures from an Israeli attack on the town of Haboush in the Nabatieh district, confirming that eight people were killed, including one child and two women, and 21 others wounded, among them two children and a woman.

The strikes coincide with ongoing Israeli military assaults along Lebanon’s southern border, including repeated incursions, demolitions in border villages, and a continued military presence inside Lebanese territory.

In a separate attack on the town of Zrariyeh in the Sidon district, four people were killed, including two women, while four others were injured, including a child and a woman.

On the other side of the border, Israeli media reported that air raid sirens were activated in 24 settlements in northern occupied Palestine following the detection of drones launched from Lebanese territory.

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Israeli authorities are also seeking to establish a so-called “yellow zone” along the border that would encompass more than 50 southern Lebanese villages — a move that would further erode Lebanese sovereignty and constitute continued breaches of the ceasefire.

In response, Lebanese resistance fighters have continued to carry out operations targeting Israeli positions in northern occupied Palestine, as well as Israeli military deployments inside Lebanese territory, using guided missiles and explosive drones as part of their ongoing deterrence efforts.

Following the Iran-US ceasefire on April 8, Tel Aviv was compelled to accept a ceasefire in Lebanon as well, after Tehran demanded an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanese soil as one of its primary conditions in indirect negotiations with Washington.

The Israeli military, however, quickly resumed its assaults on southern Lebanon, issuing evacuation threats for several areas even after the initial ten-day truce between Tel Aviv and Beirut was extended for an additional three weeks.

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