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Lebanon says Israel kills 8 in south, strikes reported outside Beirut

Al Monitor 2026/05/09 22:16

Authorities reported eight people killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday, with more raids targeting a highway south of Beirut outside Hezbollah's traditional strongholds and far from the centre of ongoing fighting.

The fresh attacks came in spite of a three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah that has done little to halt daily exchanges of fire, mostly in south Lebanon.

Hezbollah said Saturday that it had targeted troops in northern Israel with a drone in response to the continued strikes.

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