Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon amid ongoing conflict

At least 11 people, including six women and a child, died in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese authorities reported. The strikes targeted areas in the south and east of the country, occurring both before and after the Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for ten villages. The militant Hezbollah movement also launched rockets across the border into Israel on the same day. These continued attacks defy a ceasefire that began on April 17 and has since been extended. The Israeli military stated its strikes were aimed at what it described as Hezbollah targets. However, one of the sites hit was a civil defense center in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, which contained rescue equipment. An AFP photographer observed civil defense personnel retrieving equipment and using a stretcher to remove oxygen tanks from rubble. The Israeli army has not immediately commented on the attack. Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the wider Middle East conflict on March 2, firing rockets at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iran's top leader in US-Israeli strikes. Under the terms of the existing ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel reserves the right to act against "planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks."