Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Eleven Killed in Latest Israeli Attacks on Lebanon


(MENAFN) At least 11 people have been killed across southern Lebanon in a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes since early Sunday, the Lebanese state news agency NNA reported.

Six of the fatalities occurred when an Israeli strike hit the town of Marub in the Tyre district, while a separate strike on the town of Qana — a name long etched into the region's memory of conflict — claimed five additional lives.

Israeli forces simultaneously pressed forward with aerial bombardments targeting multiple towns across the Nabatieh and Tyre districts, with no indication of an imminent halt to operations.

A Multi-Front Offensive
Israel has been waging an expanded military campaign in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack launched by Hezbollah on March 2 — a campaign that has continued in open defiance of a ceasefire that came into effect in November 2024. The Lebanese offensive runs parallel to Israel's ongoing military operations against Iran, which erupted on Feb. 28.

Diplomacy Stirs Amid the Bloodshed
A rare diplomatic opening emerged following Pakistan's successful mediation of a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran, with Lebanon and Israel agreeing to open direct talks. The first meeting is scheduled for April 14 in Washington.

Meanwhile, Iran and the United States convened in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday in an effort to forge a permanent end to the war — but the talks concluded without an agreement, leaving the region's broader trajectory deeply uncertain.

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