At least seven people were killed and several others injured in Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday. Israel has carried out this attack at a time when its army had issued a new warning to the residents of nine southern villages to move away from there. The Israeli army and the Lebanese extremist organization Hezbollah have continued their attacks despite the ceasefire in effect since April 17.
Lebanon's government news agency National News Agency reported that an airstrike hit a car in the village of Kafr Dajal, killing two people. Meanwhile, three people were killed in an attack on a house in Luwaijeh village. According to the agency, two people lost their lives in an attack on another village.
Israeli army spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya posted on Twitter that the Israeli Air Force carried out about 50 airstrikes in the last 24 hours. He said that these attacks targeted Hezbollah's infrastructure and members. The 10-day ceasefire came into effect on April 17. Later, it was extended for three weeks.
In the border village of Yaroun, Israeli forces bulldozed parts of a Catholic convent that had been vacant due to recent fighting. Gladys Sabbagh, head of the Basilian Salvatorian Sisters, said: “What we have heard is that it was destroyed with bulldozers.”
Sabbagh said that there was also a school in the convent, which was closed after the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. There was also a clinic which was recently shifted to the nearby village of Ramich. The Israeli military issued a statement saying that while the army was destroying Hezbollah infrastructure in Yaroun, a building that had no religious markings was damaged.
The military said Hezbollah had used the complex on several occasions in the past to fire rockets toward Israel. The Israeli army also clarified that it does not intentionally attack religious institutions. The Lebanese Catholic Church rejected claims that the compound was used for military purposes.
