Reuters. Plumes of smoke were seen in Lebanon and along the border area with Israel on Wednesday (April 29) as the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah persist, despite a U.S. brokered ceasefire.
Two successive Israeli strikes on a building in a southern Lebanese town killed five people on Tuesday (April 28), including three rescuers who went to help those wounded in the initial attack, Lebanon's health ministry said.
More than 2,500 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon since March 2, when Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah fired on Israeli positions and triggered a widespread Israeli air and ground campaign. The toll includes more than 100 medics, as well as over 270 women and more than 170 children.
The U.S.-mediated ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon has led to a reduction in hostilities, but Israel and Hezbollah have continued to clash in southern Lebanon, accusing each other of violating the ceasefire.
Israeli troops are occupying a strip of southern Lebanon and have warned people not to return to their homes there, but the Israeli air force has also continued strikes outside that strip, including the town hit on Tuesday.
