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Israel Steps Up Strikes in Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Fires Back

The flare-up undercuts a U.S.-brokered truce, heightening fears of a wider fight.

Overview

  • - Israeli forces intensified operations over the weekend, saying they hit more than 20 Hezbollah sites and ordered evacuations in several southern Lebanese towns.
  • - Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported three people killed, including two medical workers, after strikes that also damaged a power station serving the city of Nabatieh.
  • - Hezbollah said it carried out more than 20 attacks on Israeli positions, while Israel reported air-raid alarms in the north and said it intercepted “suspicious” aerial targets.
  • - Since March 2, Lebanese officials report 2,846 people killed and 8,693 wounded in Israeli attacks, a toll that includes more than 100 health workers.
  • - Lebanon’s president urged foreign pressure to halt the bombardment and called for talks that would allow Lebanese troops, supported by UN peacekeepers, to secure the internationally recognized border.