Israeli strikes kill 9 people, including 2 children, in Lebanon

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Israeli strikes on south Lebanon have killed nine people, including two children, the health ministry says, shortly after the president decried ongoing Israeli ceasefire violations, according to AFP.

“Israeli enemy strikes on south Lebanon led, in an initial toll, to nine martyrs, among them two children and five women, and 23 wounded, among them eight children and seven women,” the health ministry said in a statement.

Speaking to a delegation from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, President Joseph Aoun had earlier slammed “continuing Israeli violations” in south Lebanon.

He said these were occurring “despite the ceasefire, as do demolitions of homes and places of worship, while the number of killed and wounded rises day after day”.

Mourners gather around the coffins of three Lebanese Civil Defence members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Majdal Zoun, during their funeral in the southern city of Tyre on April 30, 2026. — AFP
Mourners gather around the coffins of three Lebanese Civil Defence members who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Majdal Zoun, during their funeral in the southern city of Tyre on April 30, 2026. — AFP

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