Israeli airstrikes and shelling hit southern Lebanon overnight into Thursday, Lebanese state media reported, after Israel announced its first military deaths in more than a month amid renewed fighting.
The strikes – which began Wednesday afternoon and were accompanied by the first evacuation warning in weeks – came as Israel and Lebanon took part in U.S.-mediated talks in Rome, with Beirut seeking Israel's phased withdrawal from the south.
Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported that "the Israeli enemy escalated its attacks" on Tyre district with "a series of airstrikes and artillery shelling" that lasted from Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
The agency reported four strikes in the town of Burj al-Shamali, leaving four people wounded.
It also said Israeli aircraft carried out three strikes in and around Mansouri, as "artillery shelling and tank fire" targeted the town simultaneously.
