Israeli strikes killed 14 people – including two children – in southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to Lebanese health officials. It marks the deadliest day since Washington announced a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah on April 16, which has been extended by three weeks.
Seven people were killed on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s health ministry.
In total, 47 people have been killed by Israeli fire since the truce came into effect midnight local time on April 17, according to a CNN tally of daily figures released by Lebanon’s health ministry.
Hezbollah said it launched five attacks on the Israeli military in Lebanon Sunday, including one that killed an Israeli soldier in the southern town of Taybeh. Earlier Sunday, the Israeli military said it intercepted three drones before they crossed the border.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told CNN in a Sunday statement that forces “conducted artillery and aerial strikes targeting terrorists and military infrastructure sites” belonging to Hezbollah.
Rights groups say Israel’s military offensive in Lebanon is mirroring tactics used in Gaza – from heavy strikes on critical infrastructure and healthcare facilities, to the targeting of journalists and psychological warfare.
The Israeli military raided the northern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Sunday, attacking and destroying a mosque, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. Along a belt of neighborhoods below the Litani River, the military targeted homes and infrastructure up to the town of Yaroun, about 23 kilometers (14 miles) south, near the border with Israel, NNA added.
CNN’s Eugenia Yosef contributed reporting.
