Israeli army launches air, artillery attacks in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

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The Israeli army carried out an airstrike and artillery shelling in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in the latest violation of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media reported.

The state news agency NNA said Israeli warplanes struck the Al-Hariq neighborhood between the towns of Kfartebnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon.

No information was yet available about injuries.

According to the agency, Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of the southern town of Qantara, while an Israeli drone dropped a stun grenade on the town of Mansouri in the Tyre district.

Israeli forces also carried out an explosion in the town of Tayri in the Bint Jbeil district.

The NNA also reported intensive Israeli drone flights over villages and towns surrounding the […]

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