Lebanese state media has reported Israeli airstrikes and shelling overnight into the morning, after Israel announced its first military fatalities in more than a month as renewed hostilities flared, AFP reports.
The strikes — which began yesterday afternoon and were accompanied by the first evacuation warning in weeks — came as Israel and Lebanon took part in US-mediated talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking Israel’s phased withdrawal from the south.
Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that “the Israeli enemy escalated its attacks” on Tyre district with “a series of airstrikes and artillery shelling” that lasted from last night into the morning.
The agency reported four strikes in the town of Burj al-Shamali, leaving four people wounded.
It also said Israeli aircraft carried out three strikes in and around Mansouri, as “artillery shelling and tank fire” targeted the town simultaneously.
