Israeli strikes hit multiple locations in southern and eastern Lebanon, including Sir al-Gharbiyeh, Nabatieh, and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah. A raid in Sir al-Gharbiyeh resulted in 11 deaths, including a child and six women, and nine injuries, including four children and a woman, according to Lebanon’s health ministry. The strikes continued despite a ceasefire that began on 17 April and was extended for several weeks. Hezbollah maintained attacks on Israeli targets, including firing rockets at Israeli troops operating in Lebanese territory. Evacuation warnings were issued for more than a dozen villages in Lebanon’s south and the eastern Bekaa valley, and Lebanon’s civil defence said its Nabatieh facility was destroyed. Hezbollah-linked statements referenced major regional changes and anticipation of a US-Iranian agreement conditioned on stopping the war in Lebanon.
"Saturday's strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman, Lebanon's health ministry said. Israel's military has continued to strike what it says are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon despite a ceasefire that began on 17 April and that was recently extended for several weeks."
"The Iran-backed group has also maintained attacks on Israeli targets in southern Lebanon and across the border, including firing rockets on Sunday at Israeli troops operating on Lebanese territory. Lebanon's official National News Agency reported Israeli strikes on multiple locations in southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday, in some cases causing casualties."
"Some of the raids came before the Israeli military issued two evacuation warnings covering more than a dozen villages in Lebanon's south and the eastern Bekaa valley. An AFP correspondent saw large clouds of smoke rising after strikes on Nabatieh and Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in the south. Lebanon's civil defence agency said early on Sunday that its regional facility in Nabatieh had been destroyed by an overnight Israeli strike."
"Hassan Fadlallah, a Hezbollah lawmaker who was put under US sanctions this week, said on Sunday that major transformations are taking place in the region, amid anticipation that a US-Iranian agreement to end the Middle East war was close. Iran has made its agreement with the United States conditional on stopping the war in Lebanon, he said, according to a statement."
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