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Shafaq News-
Beirut
Israeli strikes
killed 17 people and wounded 35 others across Lebanon over the past 24 hours,
according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, while Hezbollah said it carried
out 12 operations against Israeli forces in the south on Monday.
Israeli
Airstrikes
Local media
reported Israeli attacks across all southern Lebanon districts, striking dozens
of villages, including Srifa, Al-Majadel, Mifadoun, Shaqra, Yohmor al-Shaqif,
and Haris. Residential areas, infrastructure, and parts of the electricity grid
were damaged.
On the ground,
Israeli forces backed by vehicles and bulldozers advanced toward the Marj area
near Rmeish, deploying at the junction with Debel and Ayta al-Shaab. A separate
infiltration from Ayta al-Shaab toward Rmeish was also reported, alongside the
bulldozing of an earthen berm.
Two people were
killed in a recent strike on a home in Khraybah, while two others were wounded
in Kafra.
The Israeli
military said it targeted Hezbollah tunnels and weapons depots in the south and
acknowledged repeated drone attacks on its forces during the day.
Since March 2,
Israeli strikes have killed 2,696 people and wounded 8,264 others across
Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry.
Hezbollah
Operations
Hezbollah said its fighters fired
rockets at Israeli troops and vehicles near a water tank in Qantara.
A composite
Israeli force advancing toward Zoutar al-Sharqiyeh was engaged at close range
near Khallet al-Raj, on the outskirts of Dair Siryan. Hezbollah said the attack
caused casualties and forced Israeli forces to evacuate their wounded by land
after anti-aircraft fire prevented helicopters from landing.
A drone strike
targeted newly installed Israeli technical equipment in Al-Bayyadah. Hezbollah
also said it hit a newly established command position in the area with an
aerial bomb and fired rockets at Israeli forces inside a house.
Additional
rocket fire targeted Israeli troop concentrations and vehicles in the same
town. Separate attacks struck troop gatherings in Dair Mimas, while a drone
swarm hit an Israeli artillery position in Rab Thalathin.
The Israeli
military stated that two soldiers from the Golani Brigade, under Division 36,
were moderately wounded in close combat shortly after 11:00 a.m. and were taken
to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.
Diplomatic
stance
Lebanese
President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon would continue negotiations but ruled out a
direct meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for now.
“There is no
turning back on the path of negotiations because we have no other option,” Aoun
said, according to the presidency, adding that any meeting would depend on a
security agreement and an end to Israeli strikes. He said Lebanon’s priorities
include Israeli withdrawal from occupied areas and the return of prisoners.
Lebanon and
Israel have been formally at war since 1948 and held two rounds of US-mediated
talks in Washington on April 14 and April 23.
The United
Nations described the situation as “volatile,” with spokesperson Stephane
Dujarric reporting intensified Israeli military activity over the weekend,
including heavy airstrikes near southern villages and continued naval
operations off Naqoura.
Dujarric added
that Israeli tanks blocked UNIFIL patrols near Al-Bayyadah on Friday and that
Israeli fire hit a UNIFIL position near At-Tiri in the Bint Jbeil district,
with one round striking a vehicle inside the compound. “Peacekeepers must never
be targeted, and their safety and security must be guaranteed at all times.”
