Israeli airstrikes on border areas in southern Lebanon have killed at least seven people, according to local media reports, as the offensive by the Israeli regime against its neighbor enters a second month. Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam described the situation in the country as "very critical," highlighting the escalating humanitarian crisis amid ongoing hostilities.
An Israeli air raid on the town of Ramadiyeh in the Tyre district resulted in the deaths of four people and injuries to three others, the Ministry of Public Health announced. A separate strike early in the morning hit a two-storey building in Kfarsir, Nabatieh district, killing three people, as reported by the state-run National News Agency (NNA). Additional airstrikes were also recorded in the towns of Yater, Harouf, and Zebdine, destroying several homes. This follows a raid the previous day in the Nabatieh district that killed an entire family—a man, his wife, and their two daughters.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, speaking at a press conference in Beirut, stated that Lebanon has become "a victim of a war whose outcome and end date no one can predict." He emphasized Lebanon's commitment to "working by all available means to stop the war" and added that this "compels us to redouble our political and diplomatic efforts to halt the ongoing violations of our sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to condemn the blatant breaches of international law and international humanitarian law." Salam further noted that over one million displaced people in Lebanon are "the main victims of a war they have nothing to do with," underscoring the severe impact on civilians.
Since the Israeli regime launched its offensive on March 2, 1,318 people have been killed and 3,935 injured in Lebanon. In Israel, at least 24 people have died since the beginning of its war against Iran on February 28, while the United States has lost 13 soldiers in the region so far. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz stated that the military would occupy a swath of southern Lebanon even after the current war ends, establishing a "security zone," following a ground operation that began on March 16.
Hezbollah has continued to launch attacks on Israel, which is waging a war against its ally, Iran. The group claimed a series of rocket attacks targeting Israeli troops and infrastructure in northern Israel and border areas. In a statement, Hezbollah said it fired a barrage of rockets at "infrastructure belonging to the Israeli military machine in the Kiryat Ata area," east of the occupied city of Haifa. Israel's Channel 12 broadcaster published an image of a small cloud of smoke rising from a settlement in the Galilee region after the attack from Lebanon, reporting that over 30 rockets were launched into the region within minutes, marking the second such assault in an hour.
Source: www.aljazeera.com