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Israel launches deadly strike on southern Lebanon despite Rome talks
An Israeli drone strike killed one person and injured 11 others in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine on Wednesday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA).
The attack came as Lebanese and Israeli officials held a second day of talks in Rome.
NNA said the drone strike hit the roof of a prayer hall at the town cemetery in the Bint Jbeil district, killing one person and wounding 11 others.
The agency also reported that another Israeli drone strike ignited fires in nearby wooded areas and triggered an explosion.
Separately, NNA said about 15 civilian families remaining in the southern village of Mansouri left after the Israeli military issued an evacuation warning earlier in the day.
The warning, the first in nearly six weeks, came before the Israeli army announced it had begun what it described as “precise strikes” in southern Lebanon in response to alleged Hezbollah ceasefire violations.
The Israeli announcement followed the detonation of an explosive device near an Israeli force in the Majdal Zoun area of southern Lebanon.