Lebanon: Nine killed by Israeli airstrikes in south of country

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon have killed nine people. According to Middle East Eye, two people were killed and nine injured in an attack on Deir ez-Zehrani village. Another strike on a house on the outskirts of Ansar village killed seven people, with three others wounded, as reported by People Daily Kenya.

The Lebanese prime minister was quoted by Le Monde English as saying that seven of those killed were not military targets and urged Israel to halt an "extremely dangerous" escalation. The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the strikes, saying they were retaliatory against the Iran-backed militant group.

The strikes are among the deadliest since a lull in hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in June, according to People Daily Kenya. The Lebanese national news agency reported that the valley between Ansar and Zarariyeh was also subjected to a strike, the first at that geographical depth since the ceasefire two months ago.

Brief written by urgent.news from Le Monde English, Middle East Eye, People Daily Kenya — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.