Israeli violations in Lebanon test fragile truce

BEIRUT: At least 10 people were killed and 50 wounded ​in Israeli strikes in ​Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, two security sources said, after the Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah sites in the Baalbek area. The strikes were among the deadliest reported in eastern Lebanon in recent weeks and risk testing a fragile US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese group Hezbollah, which has been strained ⁠by recurring accusations of violations. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ​US-brokered ceasefire in 2024 intended to end more than a year of cross-border exchanges of fire.
Separately, the Israeli military said it also struck what ​it described as ⁠a Hamas command centre from which militants operated in the Ain al Hilweh area in southern Lebanon. Ain al Hilweh is a crowded Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun ​condemned the overnight Israeli strikes on the Sidon area and towns ⁠in Bekaa as ​a 'new violation' of Lebanon's sovereignty and a breach of UN obligations, urging countries backing regional stability, including the United States, to press for an immediate halt to avert further escalation, the presidency said. — Reuters