Israeli military kills six in Lebanon, issues more displacement threats

The deadly air attack comes just days before Israeli and Lebanese officials are due to meet in Washington.Israel’s military has killed six people in an air raid on a house in southern Lebanon, the latest violation of a United States-brokered truce that has only ever existed on paper.The Israeli attack on Monday night targeted a house in the Kfar Dounin municipality, some 100km (60 miles) south of Beirut, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli weapon fires tiny metal cubes into people in Lebanon, like Gazalist 2 of 3‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?list 3 of 3Lebanon Latestend of listSeven wounded were brought to hospitals in the coastal city of Tyre, the agency added.The air raid is the latest in a near-daily series of Israeli attacks despite an April 16 ceasefire, during which Hezbollah has also exchanged fire. Israel’s air force says it has targeted more than 1,100 sites in Lebanon since the so-called truce began.Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health reports that more than 500 people have been killed during the truce, bringing the total death toll since Israel’s invasion and bombardment of Lebanon began on March 2 to more than 2,800.Israel showed no signs of slowing its military operations on Tuesday, issuing a series of new forced displacement orders and threats of further attacks. In statements on X, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee told residents to flee from the town of Sohmor in the Bekaa valley, and the towns of Arzoun, Tayr Debba, Bazouriyeh and al-Haush in southern Lebanon.The Israeli military also blew up a water pumping station in the town of Deir Mimas, which overlooks the Litani River, and demolished homes in Bint Jbeil, NNA reported.Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre in southern Lebanon, said there has been a “significant escalation” in attacks in the last week. However, many residents who previously returned to their towns after earlier displacement say they are unwilling to leave again.