Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon: At least 9 dead, including 3 children and 2 women

According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least nine people have been killed in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon. According to the information, three children and two women were among the dead. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, a house on the outskirts of the town of Ansar was hit in the morning. Two people were killed and nine others injured in another attack on the village of Deir al-Sahrani. The state news agency NNA reported that medics were still combing through the rubble in Ansar. The Israeli army confirmed both military operations. The target was bases of the “Hezbollah terrorist organization”. According to the Israeli military, the attack came in response to a previous shelling by soldiers at the Ali al-Taher pass, where Israel also targeted targets. The strategically important hill overlooking the Nabataea area is located in a "security zone" in southern Lebanon that was unilaterally declared by Israel. Israel will not allow Hezbollah to harm Israeli civilians or soldiers and will continue to "eliminate threats," the military said. A photographer from the dpa news agency reported from Ansar that local residents had also spoken of a Hezbollah base. Recordings in some areas of the destroyed house were prohibited, as were a destroyed car and a wooded valley opposite. Lebanese Prime Minister contradicts Israeli military The Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, however, said that there is no military infrastructure in Ansar. "The children and women killed were not military targets," he said. "Israel must stop this escalation." Israel's attacks undermine attempts to stabilize the situation in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah initially did not respond to the most consequential attack since a ceasefire came into force in mid-June. Last week, two Israeli soldiers were killed in an explosion in southern Lebanon, which the pro-Iranian militia also did not comment on. According to a report by the NNA news agency, Israeli attacks also occurred in the valley between Ansar and Saraijeh. Israeli forces also blew up houses in the town of Bint Jbeil near the border. Repeated ceasefire violations Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia regularly accuse each other of ceasefire violations. Israel says it has unilaterally established a "security zone" in southern Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel. According to geographical calculations by the Lebanese media, the area controlled by Israel covers around 620 square kilometers. This corresponds to around six percent of the country's area. In June, Israel and Lebanon agreed on a framework agreement that provides for the disarmament of the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the south of Lebanon and at the same time the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region. However, Hezbollah rejects direct talks between Israel and Lebanon and refuses to hand over its weapons. Hezbollah had drawn Lebanon into the Iran war started by the USA and Israel at the end of February by firing rockets at Israel shortly after the start of the war. Israel responded with attacks and a ground offensive.