Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have killed at least 12 people, including children and a medic, according to Lebanese authorities.
An Israeli warplane struck a residential building in Kfar Reman early Monday, killing 11 people, including two children, and injuring five others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
A separate Israeli drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Nabatieh province killed at least one medic, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported.
Israeli attacks intensify in southern Lebanon
The latest strikes come amid a sharp increase in Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli attacks over the past three days have killed at least 27 people and injured 69 others.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has accused Israel of seeking to undermine a US-brokered framework agreement aimed at ending the conflict.
The Israeli military also struck a residential area in Deir al-Zahrani overnight after issuing a forced evacuation order.
The military said the target was a building near a Hezbollah facility that it claimed was used to launch an explosive drone.
Rescue teams recover victims
The attacks have left residents in southern Lebanon fearful, with rescue teams continuing to search damaged buildings for victims.
Reporting from Kfar Reman, Al Jazeera correspondent Zeina Khodr described the situation as one of “uncertainty and fear.”
She said residents had begun returning to southern Lebanon and rebuilding their homes after the agreement was signed in June.
“Civilians are being killed. Residential homes are being destroyed,” Khodr said.
She added that civil defence workers had continued operations throughout the night, but the focus had shifted from rescuing survivors to recovering victims.
Ceasefire framework remains under pressure
The attacks have continued despite the framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon in June.
The agreement includes a proposed “pilot zone” intended to allow the Lebanese army to disarm Hezbollah while Israeli forces withdraw from parts of southern Lebanon.
However, Israel continues to occupy several villages in the region and has refused further withdrawals, contributing to a stalled diplomatic process.
Lebanese authorities have also reported continued demolitions in southern Lebanon.
The National News Agency reported “massive explosions” in al-Mansouri on Monday, saying nearly two-thirds of the town’s houses had been destroyed while the remaining buildings were considered uninhabitable.
Lebanon accuses Israel of undermining agreement
President Aoun said the continued attacks and destruction were undermining efforts to achieve a lasting ceasefire.
“These attacks target the framework agreement process and undermine all efforts to halt the escalation in southern Lebanon and the region as a whole,” he said.
The Israeli military has maintained that it remains committed to the agreement but will continue to “remove threats” from Hezbollah.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, has rejected the arrangement and insisted that Israeli forces must completely withdraw from Lebanon before it ends hostilities.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli strikes since the conflict escalated in early March have killed more than 4,350 people and injured over 12,300 others.
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