The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that the Israeli strikes on Friday killed six people in an obvious violation to an ongoing ceasefire in the more than six-week conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, according to AFP.
“The Israeli enemy’s airstrikes on southern Lebanon today, April 24, resulted in the martyrdom of six citizens and the injury of two others,” the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry noted that fatalities were spread across southern Lebanon, with two people killed in Wadi al-Hujair, two in Touline, and one each in Srifa and Yater.
On Friday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, also unveiled that an Indonesian peacekeeper had died in hospital from wounds suffered in a March 29 attack on his base.
War in Iran
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, targeting its leadership and triggering a new conflict in the Middle East.
Iran has been responding with a retaliatory counterattack in Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi as a retaliatory move, while launching barrages of missiles and drones toward Israel.
The conflict has spread across the Middle East, leaving thousands dead, triggering unprecedented disruptions to energy supplies especially after the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Lebanon Involvement
On March 2, Lebanon was drawn into the conflict only when Hezbollah launched a series of attacks to support its ally, Tehran.
As a result, Israel has launched an extensive military campaign that has since killed more than 2,000 people.
Israel’s military announced it had struck a missile launcher in Lebanon after it was used to fire projectiles into Israel on Thursday, an attack that was intercepted by Israeli air defenses. Hezbollah later claimed responsibility for the launch.
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