At least eight people, including children, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting southern Lebanon on the second day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
An Israeli drone targeted a civilian family attempting to flee to a safer area on the Adloun highway in the Nabi Sari area of the Zahrani district early Thursday, killing six people, including children, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency.
The Israeli military on Wednesday declared all areas south of Lebanon's Zahrani River -- an area roughly 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the border -- as "combat zones" and told residents to evacuate ahead of attacks against Hezbollah.
In the southern city of Tyre, an Israeli drone strike targeted a motorcycle on the Popular Housing road, killing two people.
Another Israeli strike targeted a residential apartment inside a building east of the city of Sidon, causing casualties and injuries, though no exact toll was immediately reported.
The attacks come amid continued Israeli escalation and repeated violations of the ceasefire agreement.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military said that a soldier was killed the day before by a drone near the Lebanon border, taking to 24 the number of its troops killed in the war with Hezbollah.
It added that one reservist soldier was severely injured and another moderately so in the same incident.
A total of 24 Israelis have been killed since hostilities began on March 2, including 23 soldiers and one civilian contractor.
Since March 2, Israel has been conducting an expanded offensive on Lebanon, killing more than 3,200 people, injuring over 9,600, and displacing more than 1.6 million people, according to official figures.
The Israeli army has continued its daily attacks despite a US-mediated ceasefire that took effect on April 17, which was later extended to early July.
