BBC World reports: Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 39 1 hour agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGeorge WrightReutersThe strike on Saksakiyeh also injured 15 people including three children, the Lebanese ministry saidThirty-nine people have been killed in another day of intense Israeli strikes in Lebanon, the country's health ministry said.One Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, the ministry said. Another strike killed a Syrian national and seriously injured his 12-year-old daughter in the southern city of Nabatieh, local media said. The ministry does not distinguish combatants from civilians.The Israeli military also occupies a strip of Lebanese land along the border, and officials say the aim is to create what they describe as a Hezbollah-free security zone to protect Israel's northern communities.In those areas, entire villages have been destroyed, in actions similar to the ones deployed by the Israeli military in Gaza.
Rights groups say some cases could amount to war crimes.Hezbollah, meanwhile, has carried out attacks on Israeli troops in Lebanon and northern Israel with rockets and drones.The group said it targeted northern Israel with a drone on Saturday in response to continued Israeli attacks.The Israeli military said it had identified "an explosive drone launched by the Hezbollah terrorist organisation" near the border in the north. It said three army reservists were injured in the attack, one of them seriously.Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire ending a previous conflict in November 2024, after which Israel carried out near-daily attacks on targets and people it said were linked to Hezbollah.After the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February and killed Iran's supreme leader, Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation on 2 March.In response, Israel bombarded Lebanon with air strikes.
Background
Israeli forces re-entered southern Lebanon in early March, where they have destroyed villages and remained occupying 10km (6.2 miles) of Lebanese territory.A total of 2,795 people have been killed in Lebanon since 2 March, according to the Lebanese health ministry.Israeli authorities have said that 17 soldiers and one civilian have been killed in southern Lebanon, along with two civilians in northern Israel.Lebanon seeks peace, but Hezbollah needs to be convinced firstIsraelHezbollahLebanon
Originally reported by BBC World. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
