At least 16 people were killed and dozens injured in a wave of Israeli airstrikes and drone attacks across southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese media reported, underscoring the continuing volatility along the Lebanese-Israeli border.
The deadliest attack targeted a residential area in the southern city of Tyre, where eight people were killed and 32 others wounded, according to Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) and local rescue officials.
Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said the cumulative toll from Israeli attacks between March 2 and June 9 had reached 3,666 dead and 11,321 injured.
The continued violence comes despite a ceasefire reached on June 3 following trilateral negotiations in Washington involving Lebanon, Israel, and the United States.
On Monday, following the most intense exchange of missile attacks between Iran and Israel since their ceasefire took effect, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Iran's main military command, warned in a statement that any further Israeli "aggression and malicious acts," including in southern Lebanon, would provoke a much more "severe and crushing" response from Tehran.
In response, Hezbollah said its fighters launched successive rocket barrages overnight at an Israeli armored force attempting to advance from the border town of Bayada toward Byout al-Siyyad, forcing the troops to retreat.
Amid ongoing tensions, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun reiterated on Tuesday that ending hostilities requires an Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territories, saying such a move would help Lebanon extend state authority across the country, according to the Lebanese presidency.
Israeli strikes kill 16 in southern Lebanon
