Seven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon

Seven people, including two women, have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry has said.

The ministry ‌said two men were killed on Sunday in a town on the edge ​of an area Israel has declared a security zone - occupied by Israeli troops.

The two women were killed in Arab Salim, which sits well north of the occupied ​area, it added.

A separate Israeli drone strike on Nabatieh al-Tahta in southern Lebanon killed three others, according to the ministry.

Despite a US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Israeli military continues operating in southern Lebanon.

It said its strikes early on Sunday were in retaliation for the terrorist group firing two drones at Israeli soldiers ​stationed in the security zone.

Lebanese president Joseph Aoun's ‌office called the strikes "a dangerous escalation" that targeted "purely civilian administrations and health centres".

It said in a statement: "President Aoun held the Israeli side fully responsible for this ongoing escalation, calling ‌on the United States and the international community to take immediate action to stop these violations and hold the perpetrators accountable."

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) had issued an online evacuation warning in the early hours of Sunday, saying it planned to strike areas near a building in Arab Salim which it said was being used by Hezbollah.

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Six people, including two girls, were injured in that strike.

The evacuation warning was the second issued since the June ‌ceasefire announcement.

The first came in early August, after Israel had dropped leaflets on the village of Mansouri a week into the ceasefire, telling residents to leave ahead of ⁠strikes.

On Friday, the Lebanese health ministry said four people were killed and 23 injured in Israeli strikes launched on southern Lebanon without evacuation warnings.

The Israeli ​military said those strikes hit Hezbollah weapons storage facilities.

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Hezbollah said on Saturday that Israel's continued escalation was intended to pressure the Lebanese government, which has been having direct talks with Israel - negotiations ⁠the Iran-backed group has rejected.

More than 4,300 ​people have been killed by Israeli strikes on Lebanon since 2 ​March, when Hezbollah fired at Israel in support of Iran.

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