Lebanon Health Ministry Says Separate Israeli Strikes on South Kill Several on Sunday

New Israeli strikes on Lebanon - REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
New Israeli strikes on Lebanon - REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
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Lebanon Health Ministry Says Separate Israeli Strikes on South Kill Several on Sunday

New Israeli strikes on Lebanon - REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
New Israeli strikes on Lebanon - REUTERS/Karamallah Daher

Lebanon's health ministry said three people were killed in separate Israeli strikes on south Lebanon on Sunday, as Israel said it was striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

In separate statements, the health ministry said one person was killed in "Israel enemy" strikes in three different south Lebanon villages.

Hezbollah on Sunday announced two fighters had been killed, without specifying where they died.

The Iran-backed group said it launched "explosive laden drones" towards two troop positions in northern Israel "in response to the enemy attacks" on south Lebanon.

Early Sunday, it said it fired dozens of rockets at military production facilities and an air base near the north Israel city of Haifa.

The Israel military said a barrage of rockets, cruise missiles and drones were launched overnight towards Israeli soil, mostly from Lebanon to the north.

Hezbollah has traded near daily cross-border fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attack triggered the Gaza war.

Tensions have spiked dramatically in recent days, with several dozen killed and thousands wounded in Lebanon when Hezbollah pagers and two-way radios exploded on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hezbollah has blamed Israel, which has not commented.

On Friday, an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs that targeted Hezbollah military commanders killed 45 people, the health ministry said.



Türkiye's Erdogan Condemns Israel's Military Assault on Gaza and Lebanon

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (unseen) after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Türkiye, 01 October 2024. (EPA)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (unseen) after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Türkiye, 01 October 2024. (EPA)
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Türkiye's Erdogan Condemns Israel's Military Assault on Gaza and Lebanon

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (unseen) after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Türkiye, 01 October 2024. (EPA)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a joint press conference with Finnish President Alexander Stubb (unseen) after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Türkiye, 01 October 2024. (EPA)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack to condemn Israel's military assault on Gaza and Lebanon.

"Today, I remember with sorrow the tens of thousands of people that the murderous Israeli government has massacred since Oct. 7," Erdogan said in a message posted on X. "I convey my most heartfelt condolences to my brothers from Gaza, Palestine, and Lebanon."

An outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza and more recently the war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Erdogan said: "Israel’s long-standing policy of genocide, occupation, and invasion must finally come to an end."

He has praised Hamas previously as a "liberation group." Erdogan on Monday made no mention of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, in which the fighters killed about 1,200 people and dragged some 250 hostages back to Gaza. The subsequent war in Gaza has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians and displaced most of the territory’s 2.3 million population.

"Israel will sooner or later pay the price for this genocide, which it has been implementing for a year and which is still continuing," Erdogan wrote. "Just as Hitler was stopped by a joint alliance of humanity, (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu and his killer network will be stopped in the same way."