This photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khiam, Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
BEIRUT, June 2 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and four others injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the southeastern Lebanese village of Houla, Lebanese military sources said.
The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli warplane bombed a house in central Houla with four air-to-surface missiles, wounding four civilians and killing two livestock herders.
Israel carried out 11 airstrikes on seven towns and villages in the eastern and central areas of the border region and fired 70 shells on 13 villages and towns in the southern border region, the sources added.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said it attacked several Israeli sites, including al-Sammaqa, al-Ramtha, Kiryat Shmona, Al-Abad, and al-Marj.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. ■
Smoke caused by Israeli bombing rises in Odeissah, Lebanon, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 2, 2024 shows Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepting Hezbollah rockets over Houla in Lebanon. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
Smoke caused by an Israeli strike rises in Rachaya Al-Fakhar, Lebanon, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khiam, Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khiam, Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khiam, Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
Smoke caused by Israeli bombing rises in Khiam, Lebanon, June 2, 2024. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 2, 2024 shows an Israeli warplane over Odeissah, Lebanon. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
This photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khiam, Lebanon. (Photo by Taher Abu Hamdan/Xinhua)
