The Israeli military said it launched a new wave of strikes across southern Lebanon Wednesday, despite a truce with the Lebanese government to halt fighting with Hezbollah.
“The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah terror infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon,” the military said, hours after issuing fresh evacuation warnings for six villages in the Tyre region.
Israeli strikes also targeted several cars on a major highway linking Beirut to southern Lebanon, state media reported.
The attacks took place near Jiyeh and Barja. Eight people, including a woman and her child, were killed in the attacks, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center said.
On Saturday, similar strikes targeted two other cars in the same area.
Israel has kept up airstrikes in Lebanon against Hezbollah despite a truce since April 17 aimed at halting the fighting.
On Tuesday, 13 people were killed in attacks on towns in the south, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, which said a total of 380 people had been killed since the start of the ceasefire.
The violence came with Lebanon and Israel due to hold a new round of direct negotiations in Washington on Thursday, brokered by the United States.