Eleven people, including two infants, were martyred in Israeli overnight strikes on the town of Kfar Rumman in southern Lebanon, the official National News Agency reported Monday, a day after widespread Israeli strikes left seven people martyred.
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Nine people were martyred in a strike targeting a three-story residential building in Kfar Rumman, while two members of emergency medical teams were martyred in a drone strike targeting a vehicle in the town, according to the agency.
The Israeli military ordered residents of the southern Lebanese town of Deir al-Zahrani to evacuate buildings adjacent to what it said was a Hezbollah facility, shortly before launching strikes on the area.
The military said the strikes were carried out in response to Hezbollah launching two drones at Israeli troops in the “security zone” it maintains in southern Lebanon, describing the incident as a violation of the ceasefire.
The war in the Middle East extended to Lebanon on March 2, after Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on the first day of the Iran war on February 28.
Israeli strikes since October 2, 2023, have left more than 8,920 people martyred, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.
Lebanon and Israel reached a framework agreement on June 26 following five rounds of US-sponsored negotiations. The agreement calls, among other measures, for the disarmament of Hezbollah and Israel’s gradual withdrawal from the territory it occupies in southern Lebanon, with the Lebanese army to deploy initially in “pilot areas.”
The framework agreement provides for a reciprocal and phased process under which the Lebanese army would restore effective sovereign authority over the entire country, alongside the disarmament of non-state armed groups and the dismantling of their infrastructure. This would allow Israeli forces to redeploy outside Lebanese territory under security arrangements and verification mechanisms set out in a security annex with US support.
Hezbollah has categorically rejected direct negotiations with Israel and giving up its weapons.
Israel continues to maintain forces in southern Lebanon under what it calls a “security zone,” extending up to 10 kilometers along its border, while continuing to carry out strikes and large-scale demolition and blasting operations.
