Israeli airstrikes in a southern Lebanese town early Monday resulted in the deaths of at least 11 individuals, including two children and two medics, as reported by Lebanon’s state news agency. Despite a ceasefire in June aimed at stopping hostilities between the Israeli military and Hezbollah, Israel has escalated its bombing campaign in southern Lebanon. On Sunday, seven people lost their lives in Israeli strikes.
In the town of Kfar Rumman, Israeli warplanes struck a residential building just after midnight, leading to the deaths of nine people, including two children, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency. Additionally, a separate Israeli drone attack on a civilian vehicle claimed the lives of two medics inside the car.
The Health Ministry of Lebanon stated that one of the strikes targeted a building, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals, including a child and two women, with 11 others sustaining injuries, including four children and two women, as reported by The Associated Press.
Notably, the Israeli military did not issue an online evacuation warning prior to the strikes on the town. Queries to the Israeli military regarding the strikes, awareness of the presence of medics and children at the strike sites, and the absence of an evacuation warning went unanswered at the time.
Following the strikes, an Israeli military spokesperson issued a separate evacuation warning for surrounding areas of a building in another southern Lebanese town where Hezbollah facilities were targeted.
Since Hezbollah’s rocket attacks on Israel on March 2, which coincided with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have claimed over 4,300 lives. While the ceasefire led to a significant reduction in violence, Israeli forces have continued demolishing villages in the self-proclaimed security zone within southern Lebanon. The Israeli military has persistently conducted strikes both within and north of the security zone, often without issuing evacuation warnings.