Israeli strikes violate truce in southern Lebanon: report

BEIRUT -- Israeli forces carried out a series of artillery strikes, drone attacks and air raids across southern Lebanon overnight and Thursday morning, local media reported.

According to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), a cautious calm prevailed across the southern frontlines at dawn on Thursday, after Israeli shelling overnight targeted the towns of Al-Mansouri, Majdal Zoun, Deir Kifa, and Kfardounine, as well as a public park in the coastal city of Tyre.

Israeli drones were also reported flying at a low altitude over Tyre and the surrounding areas.

In the Nabatieh district, Lebanese authorities reported that Israeli warplanes had conducted an overnight strike near Sheikh Ragheb Harb Hospital.

The escalation continued on Thursday morning when an Israeli drone struck the roundabout in the town of Kfar Tebnit, while another drone carried out an airstrike on the Kfar Remman-Haboush road at the Al-Najda junction.

No immediate information was available regarding casualties or damage from the morning attacks.

These incidents follow several hours of relative calm after a ceasefire agreement had largely held along the Lebanese-Israeli border. According to Lebanese officials, Israel has repeatedly violated the truce through continued strikes and military activity in southern Lebanon.