Israel issues forced displacement orders for 12 villages in southern Lebanon.
Israeli air attacks on southern and eastern Lebanon have killed at least six people and wounded three others, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported, in violation of the ceasefire brokered by the United States last month.
At least four people were killed and three others wounded in an Israeli air strike attack on the town of Zellaya in eastern Lebanon, NNA reported on Wednesday.
Ali Qassem Ahmad, the head of Zellaya’s municipal council, and three family members were killed in the attack on their home in the western Bekaa town, NNA said.
Israel also launched an attack on southern Lebanon using fighter jets and drones, while the village of Mayfadoun was shelled with artillery, resulting in two deaths, according to NNA.
The Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said it had engaged Israeli forces, claiming responsibility for an attack targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers.
Reporting from Beirut, Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands said Israeli air strikes hit parts of the Tyre district, while Lebanese armed group Hezbollah responded to Israeli attacks in several areas of southern Lebanon.
