BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed eight people, including a father and his two children, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting.
Hezbollah continued launching dozens of projectiles and drones toward Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon and civilians in Israel.
Israel threatened on Monday to strike Beirut’s southern suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled. Israeli forces are making their deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years, but Beirut has been mostly spared.
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Trump later announced after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicating with the Lebanese militant group through mediators that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut.” But there was little change, with Israel and Hezbollah continuing the intensity of attacks.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said during a defense conference on Tuesday that
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