Lebanon’s Health Ministry said that 4,346 people had been killed in Israeli attacks on the country since March 2. Reports of the attacks were concentrated particularly in settlements in southern Lebanon.
Reports of attacks in southern Lebanon
The area around the town of Al-Qantara was targeted by an airstrike, while artillery fire was directed at the town of Al-Mansouri.
An explosive-laden unmanned aerial vehicle allegedly struck a house in the town of Kafr a, in the Bint Jbeil district. Part of the house was damaged and two civilians were injured. Kafr a had previously also been targeted by another unmanned aerial vehicle.
Airstrikes and military activity were also reported around Al-Qantara, along the Ali al-Tahir ridge, near Duhat Kafr Rumman, and in Deir Sريان and Wadi al-Hujayr. An Israeli tank allegedly entered the area.
Military activity after the ceasefire
Explosions, destruction and artillery fire continued in southern Lebanon on Sunday at intervals of one to two hours. The Israeli army also carried out an attack on the town of Hadatha in the Bint Jbeil district the same day.
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, Israeli soldiers opened fire with automatic weapons in Hadatha’s western neighborhood. Israeli military vehicles were also moving through the town at the same time.
The Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Lebanon in the early hours of August 15 despite a ceasefire that took effect on April 17 and was later extended several times.
Displaced people and debate over direct negotiations
The Lebanese government said that the number of people displaced during the escalation had exceeded 1 million.
Following an attack in the town of Ansar on Saturday that reportedly killed seven members of the same family and injured three others, residents of the area expressed skepticism toward government statements that direct negotiations with Israel would bring peace.