{"id":142058,"date":"2026-06-02T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/142058\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:42:12","slug":"israeli-drone-strikes-in-southern-lebanon-kill-eight-including-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/142058\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon kill eight, including children"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIRUT (AP) \u2014 Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including two children and their father, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said<\/a> Israel and the militant group Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. Iran-backed Hezbollah continued launching dozens of projectiles and drones toward Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and civilians in Israel.<\/p>\n

The ongoing hostilities \u2014 despite Trump\u2019s announcement and a nominal ceasefire<\/a> that began in April \u2014 are deepening displacement for Lebanon\u2019s conflict-weary population. They also are a significant sticking point in negotiations to extend a ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran<\/a>, as the Islamic Republic wants any such deal to end fighting in Lebanon, too.<\/p>\n

A second round of talks between Israel and Lebanon is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington, where Lebanese negotiators are set to seek a full ceasefire<\/a> that will prevent future attacks. The talks began in April and were the first in more than three decades between the countries, which have no formal diplomatic relations. Hezbollah has rejected direct talks, counting on pressure from Iran. <\/p>\n

The planned talks come days after Israeli ground troops made their deepest incursion<\/a> into Lebanon in 26 years<\/a> and Israel then threatened to strike Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled. <\/p>\n

Israel says it will keep attacking if Hezbollah does<\/p>\n

Trump said Monday he\u2019d spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and had communicated with Hezbollah through mediators, and that no troops would be \u201cgoing to Beirut.\u201d But the intensity of attacks between Israel and Hezbollah continued.<\/p>\n

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said Tuesday that Israel previously refrained from attacking Beirut out of deference for negotiations between the U.S. and Iran. But he said Netanyahu informed Trump in a phone call late Monday that Israel will attack Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs if Hezbollah continues targeting northern Israel, echoing comments from the prime minister the previous day.<\/p>\n

An Israeli drone strike hit a car on the road linking the southern town of Marjayoun with the city of Nabatiyeh, killing James Karam, a dentist from the nearby Christian town of Qlayaa, along with his daughter and son, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Lebanese army said two soldiers were lightly wounded when a separate drone targeted them on a road outside the city.<\/p>\n

Drone strikes killed two Syrians working at a plant nursery in the village of Jibchit and two people in the nearby village of Toul, the news agency reported. A third strike hit a car near the village of Harouf, killing one person. The Israeli military said it wasn\u2019t aware of any Israeli strikes in that area.<\/p>\n

NNA also reported that an Israeli airstrike on Monday killed six in the southern village of Marwaniyeh.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah said Tuesday its fighters fired anti-tank missiles on Israeli troops who were pushing into the southern village of Hadatha, about 7 kilometers (4 miles) from the Israeli border. <\/p>\n

Sirens sounded in several areas in northern Israel, its military said in a statement. It added that \u201ca suspicious aerial target\u201d was identified in the area where Israeli soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon, but that no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

More than 3,400 people have been killed in Lebanon<\/p>\n

The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has killed 3,433 people in Lebanon and displaced more than 1 million people<\/a>. According to Netanyahu\u2019s office, at least 27 Israeli soldiers and a defense contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon. Two civilians have also been killed in northern Israel.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military said late Monday that a soldier was killed in southern Lebanon. It added that seven more soldiers were wounded in the incident, three of them severely.<\/p>\n

Hezbollah\u2019s use of hard-to-detect fiber-optic drones<\/a> has been deadly for the Israeli military, which is struggling to respond.<\/p>\n

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