Israel has killed at least 29 people, including four members of a family, and wounded 42 others in indiscriminate attacks on several towns in southern Lebanon, continuing its long history as a serial ceasefire violator.
The state-run National News Agency of Lebanon reported on Thursday that Israel killed four people and wounded nine in an attack in the town of Jibchit, where a residential building was destroyed.
In the town of Toul, Israel killed four people and wounded 11 others, with another residential building destroyed.
Two more people were killed in the town of Harouf, where a house was hit by an Israeli aircraft, the agency said.
Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed the fatalities, saying five women and two children were among the victims in the three Israeli attacks, while 23 others were wounded, including seven women and six children.
Another Israeli attack on Jibchit killed a family of four after their home was hit and destroyed.
In a separate strike in Toul, one person was killed, two others were wounded, including a girl critically, in the Israeli bombing of a residential house.
Israeli jets bombed the town of Zebdine, killing at least six people, NNA said.
The news agency also said another Israeli strike on the town of Shaabiyeh in the Tyre district killed two people and wounded one.
Two more people were killed and one wounded in Israeli air strike on Qana in Tyre.
Nearly 2,600 killed by Israel since March
Deputy mayor of Jannata, Ahmed al-Husseini, was killed in separate Israeli strike between Maaroub and Hmairi of Tyre.
A father and his daughter were also killed in an Israeli air strike in the town of Alhenniya, the same source said.
The Lebanese army said a soldier and family members were killed in an Israeli air strike on their home in the town of Kfarreman in Nabatieh.
A tally by Anadolu Agency showed that the Israeli army carried out 73 air strikes and artillery shelling in Lebanon on Thursday.
Israeli warplanes also carried out a strike on the town of Sultaniyeh, while artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Mifadoun.
Since March 2, Israel has waged a deadly war on Lebanon that has killed nearly 2,600 people, wounded over 8,000, and displaced more than 1.6 million — about one-fifth of the population, according to official figures.
A 10-day US-brokered ceasefire that began April 17 was later extended until May 17, but Israel continues to violate it daily through air strikes and the demolition of homes in southern Lebanon.
