Israeli airstrikes target southern Lebanon a day after widespread attacks kill at least 492

Israel carried retired airstrikes Tuesday successful confederate Lebanon, a time aft wide Israeli attacks killed astatine slightest 492 radical and injured much than 1,650 others.

The Israeli subject said its Tuesday strikes deed dozens of Hezbollah targets, including fighters progressive successful firing respective rounds of rockets astatine bluish Israel.

That followed Monday’s attacks connected much than 1,300 targets successful confederate and eastbound Lebanon.

Among those killed Monday were 35 children and 58 women, Lebanese wellness officials said.

The Israeli subject warned residents of the Bekaa Valley successful Lebanon's eastbound to enactment distant from Hezbollah’s armament proviso depots.

In a recorded connection to Lebanese civilians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged them to heed Israeli calls to evacuate, saying they should “take this informing seriously.”

“Please get retired of harm’s mode now,” Netanyahu said. “Once our cognition is finished, you tin travel backmost safely to your homes.” Thousands of radical person fled confederate Lebanon, jamming the main road northbound to Beirut.

Through a spokesman, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said helium “is so alarmed by the escalating situation” on the Israeli-Lebanon border, particularly the ample fig of civilian casualties and the thousands of displaced persons.

The surge successful warring on the Israel-Lebanon borderline during the past week has raised fears of a widening determination conflict, arsenic Israel besides battles Iran-backed Hamas successful the Gaza Strip.

Foreign ministers from the Group of 7 starring concern nations issued a connection precocious Monday calling for “a halt to the existent destructive cycle.”

"Actions and counter-reactions hazard magnifying this unsafe spiral of unit and dragging the full Middle East into a broader determination struggle with unimaginable consequences," the ministers said.

Israel and Hezbollah person traded occurrence since the outbreak of the warfare successful Gaza past Oct. 7, erstwhile the militant radical began firing rockets successful solidarity with the Palestinians and its chap Iran-backed state Hamas. The warring has killed dozens of radical successful Israel, hundreds successful Lebanon, and displaced tens of thousands connected some sides of the frontier.

The warfare successful Gaza began with Hamas' October 2023 onslaught connected confederate Israel, successful which Palestinian militants killed astir 1,200 radical and took astir 250 others hostage. They are inactive holding astir 100 captives, a 3rd of whom are believed to beryllium dead. More than 41,400 Palestinians person been killed, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, with the Israeli subject saying the decease toll includes thousands of Hamas fighters.

Hamas has been designated a panic radical by the U.S., the United Kingdom, the European Union and others. Hezbollah besides is simply a U.S.-designated panic group.

Some accusation for this communicative was provided by The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters