Wednesday, May 20Wednesday, May 20Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Saturday resulted in significant casualties amid an ongoing ceasefire with Hezbollah. Reports indicate that strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon, with additional raids targeting areas near Beirut outside of Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds. The attacks were among the most intense since the three-week-old ceasefire began, despite efforts to reduce daily exchanges of fire . The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that an airstrike on the southern village of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, and wounded 15 others . Overall, Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 39 people, with Hezbollah retaliating through drone attacks on northern Israel .
Drone strikes near Beirut marked a further escalation, with three such attacks south of the capital killing four people. These strikes occurred despite the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah . Additional Israeli attacks across Lebanon resulted in at least 19 deaths, with no sign of a letup in hostilities despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire and upcoming talks .
Hezbollah claimed multiple retaliatory attacks against Israeli military targets. On Sunday, Hezbollah announced striking an IDF D9 bulldozer in Khillet Raj, Deir Seryan, southeastern Lebanon, using an FPV drone at 8:20 AM . The group also released footage of an operation targeting an IDF Merkava III tank near Aalma El Chaeb in southern Lebanon, noting that a soldier was present on the tank . In separate attacks, Hezbollah targeted an unspecified IDF military vehicle, an infantry gathering, and another D9 bulldozer in Deir Seryan using FPV drones at 9:35 AM, 9:45 AM, and 4:55 PM, respectively . Additionally, Hezbollah claimed an attack on an IDF infantry gathering in the northern Israeli settlement of Misgav Am at 10:30 AM and engaged an Israeli Air Force (IAF) drone using a surface-to-air missile (SAM) in southern Lebanon’s Aabbasiyyeh at 10:30 AM, though the drone’s fate remains unspecified .
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