BEIRUT: One person was killed and eight others were wounded on Thursday in an Israeli attack on southern Lebanon that included evacuation warnings ahead of strikes on what Israel described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in Tayr Debba, At-Taybah and Ayta Al-Jabal, south of the Litani River.
The escalation appears to mark a return to open conflict.
The warnings, followed by airstrikes, caused panic in populated villages, with people fleeing areas near the targeted locations.
Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee said the man killed and those wounded in an attack in the area between the towns of Abbasiya and Toura in the Tyre district, were “workers employed within Hezbollah infrastructure used to produce equipment for the reconstruction of facilities targeted and destroyed during the war.”
The strike marks the latest in a series of violations by Israel of the ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since Nov. 27. Since then, Israeli forces have carried out dozens of air and ground attacks deep inside Lebanon.
