Buildings are damaged by Israeli airstrikes in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Saturday. XINHUA
BEIRUT — Israel launched massive airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, despite an extension of the truce between the two countries.
Israel said it was targeting Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and that the strikes were preceded by an evacuation warning covering nine villages.
The continuing bombardment has only increased skepticism about the truce among the thousands of Lebanese driven from their homes in the south.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported strikes on more than two dozen villages on Saturday, including one more than 50 kilometers from the border. It also reported a new exodus of residents toward the southern city of Sidon and the capital Beirut.
