Israel launches more south Lebanon strikes after warnings

Israel intensified its military operations in southern Lebanon on Saturday, conducting strikes across the region after ordering evacuations from over a dozen locations. This escalation follows a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israeli forces had advanced deeper into Lebanese territory.

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to intensify contacts to put an end to these condemned Israeli practices

The Lebanese army reported that two soldiers were seriously wounded by a targeted Israeli drone strike near the southern city of Nabatieh. The strikes occurred just a day after military delegations from Lebanon and Israel held significant security talks in Washington, ahead of further US-brokered negotiations scheduled for early next week.

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Israeli attacks were putting Lebanese heritage sites in "serious danger"

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency detailed several Israeli artillery strikes in the south, including near the historic Beaufort castle. Culture Minister Ghassan Salame had previously warned that Israeli attacks posed a "serious danger" to Lebanese heritage sites. The Lebanese presidency announced that President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam agreed to "intensify contacts to put an end to these condemned Israeli practices."

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Our forces have

Despite a fragile truce that officially took effect on April 17 but has been largely unobserved, both Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other of violating the ceasefire. Hezbollah announced its own attacks on Saturday, including rocket fire toward the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona and an ambush of Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon. Prime Minister Netanyahu's announcement of forces advancing beyond the Litani river marks a significant territorial push.

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were seriously wounded as a result of being targeted inside a vehicle by a hostile Israeli drone