Makeshift coffins exhumed from a mass grave in Sour, to be transported and buried in local villages, Dec. 2, 2024. (Credit: Mahmoud Zayat/AFP)
The death toll from Monday's Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon has risen to 11, according to Health Ministry figures, as the cease-fire agreement, which came into force less than a week ago, faltered on Monday with a series of Israeli strikes and a Hezbollah “retaliatory” shot at an Israeli position.
In response to this rocket fire on the disputed Kfar Shuba heights, the Israeli army carried out a series of bombardments, notably at Haris, in the Bint Jbeil district. The death toll from this strike was revised upwards on Tuesday by the Ministry, from five to six.
A strike in Tallousa, in the Marjayoun district, killed four people, and a State Security agent was killed in the morning by an Israeli drone strike while riding his moped in Jdeidet Marjayoun.
These deaths are in addition to the two reported on Saturday after a drone strike in Rabb Thalathin (Marjayoun). According to local residents quoted by our correspondent, they had come to inspect their house. The Israeli army, for its part, claimed to have targeted “a vehicle carrying RPG rockets, rocket launchers and armed elements who had joined Hezbollah structures.”
This brings to at least 13 the number of people killed since the cease-fire came into effect.