Israel says Iran ceasefire 'does not include Lebanon', renews strikes on south
Israel renewed its strikes on southern Lebanon on Wednesday, state media reported, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted the Iran war truce does not include Lebanon.
The Israeli army also issued an evacuation warning for a building near the southern city of Tyre.
"Urgent and repeated warning to residents of the city of Tyre, specifically in Shabriha ... you must evacuate your homes immediately," the military's Arabic-language spokesman Colonel Avichay Adraee said on X.
Israel said Wednesday that the US-Iran ceasefire deal "does not include Lebanon", which was drawn into the war after Iran-backed group Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel.
"The two-weeks ceasefire does not include Lebanon," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
The statement contradicted an earlier announcement by Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has acted as a mediator in the conflict, that said the ceasefire covers "everywhere including Lebanon".
Strikes targeted vehicles in Qasmiyeh, Blat and Siddiqine, and motorbikes in Shehabiyeh, Qana and Kfardounin.
Other regions in south Lebanon including Safad al-Battikh, Sawwaneh, Kafra, Majdal Selem, Srifa, and Debbine were also hit.
The Israeli army also targeted an ambulance of the Islamic Health Committee paramedics in Qlayle and The Hiram hospital in Tyre.
In west Bekaa, strikes targeted Yohmor and Mashghara.
Source: Agence France Presse
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