Several members of a family were killed in fresh Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Thursday, health authorities said, as tensions between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah continue to escalate despite a ceasefire.
Six people were killed in a strike south of the coastal city of Sidon in the morning, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The dead included two children as well as their mother and father, it added.
The state news agency NNA reported that the victims were a family displaced by the fighting.
NNA also reported that two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike targeting a motorcycle near the coastal city of Tyre. The Ministry of Health said one of the dead was a child. The victims were said to be Syrian nationals.
Another strike was reported directly in the city of Sidon, where deaths and injuries were also reported. Exact casualty figures were not immediately available.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said nothing could justify the continued attacks targeting the southern regions of Tyre and Nabatiyeh, the destruction of their historic landmarks, or the threats against civilians.
