Israeli attacks wound eight in Lebanon despite Rome talks

Israel launches strikes on southern Lebanon’s Tyre as third day of the seventh round of US-brokered talks concludes.Israeli air strikes and shelling targeting towns in the southern Lebanese district of Tyre have wounded several people, in the midst of a seventh round of US-mediated ceasefire negotiations between Beirut and Tel Aviv.“Israeli air strikes that targeted the town of Burj Shemali resulted in the injury of eight persons,” the Lebanese Health Ministry said in a statement reported by state media on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Eight countries denounce Israeli violations, attacks on healthcare in Gazalist 2 of 3Lebanon and Israel still split over disarming Hezbollah at Rome talkslist 3 of 3At least one Lebanese person, two Israeli soldiers killed in south Lebanonend of listIsraeli drones struck the al-Malaab neighbourhood in the Burj al-Shamali municipality, roughly 5km (3.1 miles) from Tyre. Three additional strikes were launched between the southern towns of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun.One air strike destroyed a civilian home, according to Al Jazeera’s Lebanon correspondent Zeina Khodr.A booby-trapped explosion killed two Israeli soldiers and injured four on Wednesday during a search operation in Majdal Zoun. The soldiers had entered a civilian home when the device detonated. Their deaths marked the first casualties since Israel and Hezbollah announced a truce two months ago.Since March 2, Israel’s latest military escalation in Lebanon has killed 4,333 people and injured more than 12,000, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. The Israeli army also fired 113 projectiles into southern Lebanon on Wednesday – the highest number recorded since June 21 – according to the Lebanon" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="78696" data-entity-type="organization">United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The Lebanese army announced its deployment to al-Mansouri to reopen the roads, but the Lebanese-Israeli “Mechanism Committee” – largely dictated by the Israeli army’s control over the Lebanese border – halted the mission, according to village mayor Haidar Madihli. The Israeli army considers the village a “restricted military zone.”