11 killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting southern Lebanon

ANKARA

At least 11 people were killed on Sunday when Israeli airstrikes targeted several areas in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National News Agency.

Four people were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Kassar Zaatar neighborhood of the city of Nabatieh.

Two others were killed and several others were injured in another airstrike targeting a house in Burj Rahhal town in Tyre district.

Israeli warplanes also hit a home in Srifa town in Tyre, killing three people, while two others lost their lives in another strike in Kfar Dunin in southern Lebanon, the state news agency said.

Israeli forces also attempted to advance into the border town of Al-Dhahira, Tyre district.

This incursion, which was accompanied by heavy artillery shelling of the town's outskirts and the nearby area of Al-Bustan, led to fierce clashes with local resistance forces.

Separately, the Israeli army claimed attacking Hezbollah's “intelligence headquarters” and one of its “underground weapons workshops” in Beirut with warplanes. There was no immediate response from the Lebanese group.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army reported the launch of approximately 100 rockets by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards northern Israel, targeting several areas, including Haifa and the Upper Galilee.

The rocket barrages have caused several fires, particularly in the Rosh Pina area east of Safed.

According to the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, shrapnel from an interceptor missile fell on a building in Haifa, causing damage, but no injuries were reported.

Israel has mounted a huge air campaign in Lebanon since late last month against what it claims are Hezbollah targets, killing over 1,500 people and displacing more than 1.34 million others. Cross-border warfare between the two sides continued since the Gaza war last October.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi