Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 39

The Israeli military also occupies a strip of Lebanese land along the border, and officials say the aim is to create what they describe as a Hezbollah-free security zone to protect Israel's northern communities.In those areas, entire villages have been destroyed, in actions similar to the ones deployed by the Israeli military in Gaza. Rights groups say some cases could amount to war crimes.Hezbollah, meanwhile, has carried out attacks on Israeli troops in Lebanon and northern Israel with rockets and drones.The group said it targeted northern Israel with a drone on Saturday in response to continued Israeli attacks.The Israeli military said it had identified "an explosive drone launched by the Hezbollah-terrorist-organisation" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="124615" data-entity-type="organization">Hezbollah terrorist organisation" near the border in the north. It said three army reservists were injured in the attack, one of them seriously.Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire ending a previous conflict in November 2024, after which Israel carried out near-daily attacks on targets and people it said were linked to Hezbollah.After the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February and killed Iran's supreme leader, Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation on 2 March.In response, Israel Lebanon-with-air-strikes" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="124618" data-entity-type="event">bombarded Lebanon with air strikes. Lebanon" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="124619" data-entity-type="event">Israeli forces re-entered southern Lebanon in early March, where they have destroyed villages and remained occupying 10km (6.2 miles) of Lebanese territory.