BEIRUT, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes Sunday night and Monday morning on several areas in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, killing at least 16 people and wounding several others, according to Lebanese official sources.
An airstrike on Machghara in the Bekaa Valley killed two people and wounded five others.
In Nabatieh, south of Lebanon, a drone strike near Kfar Remman killed four people, and a strike on the Fakhr al-Din-Toul road killed two people and wounded two others. A separate strike near Gandour Hospital killed one person. In Burj Rahal, an airstrike killed three people and wounded one. An airstrike on the village of Ebba killed four people.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army issued an urgent warning to residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, and Israeli warplanes later carried out strikes on the area. The Israeli army also issued a warning to residents of southern Lebanon, urging them to move north of the Zahrani River.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said it carried out drone attacks on Israeli military targets near the border and launched rocket salvos toward several settlements in northern Israel after midnight.
Cross-border fighting has continued along the Lebanon-Israel border since March 2, when Hezbollah launched rockets toward Israel for the first time since a ceasefire took effect on Nov. 27, 2024, triggering intensified Israeli airstrikes across southern and eastern Lebanon. ■
