Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has said Israeli strikes on the country on Sunday killed 14 people, including two children and two women, and injured 37, the BBC reports.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson had earlier issued evacuation warnings for several villages in southern Lebanon, writing that residents “must evacuate” immediately, and that staying would be “endangering their life”.
The IDF later said it had carried out “artillery and aerial strikes” targeting Hezbollah operatives and sites in southern Lebanon that it claims were used “to advance attacks against IDF soldiers”.
It also said a 19-year-old IDF soldier had been killed and six others injured by a Hezbollah drone attack in Lebanon.
Separately, Hezbollah launched three drones towards Israel, the IDF reported, which it said were intercepted by Israel’s air force before they crossed the border.
The two countries remain under a precarious semi-permanent ceasefire, which took effect on 16 April and was extended by three weeks on Thursday last week.
Under the deal, Israel retains its “right to take all necessary measures in self-defence, at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks”.
