In southern Lebanon, one dead and eight injured in Israeli strikes (ministry)

After once again calling on localities in southern Lebanon to evacuate, Israel carried out strikes on Sunday which left one dead and injured eight people, including four rescuers, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced.

These attacks were carried out despite the truce between Israel and the pro-Iranian group Hezbollah, which came into force on April 17.

According to the Lebanese ministry, a strike on Arabsalim left one dead and three injured, including a child. Another on Srifa injured five people, including four rescuers from the Islamic Health Committee, affiliated with Hezbollah, the strike having occurred near one of their centers.

In a press release, the Ministry of Health condemned these attacks, regretting that what is happening is "exactly the opposite" of what is provided for in Article 19 of the Geneva Convention "regarding the need to ensure that medical installations are safe from any danger caused by attacks in conflict zones.

The Israeli army had previously issued "urgent" calls for evacuations for locations beyond the area it controls in the south and designates as a "security zone".

Avichay Adraee, an army spokesperson in Arabic, published on X a warning addressed to residents of several localities, including Nabatiyé and those that were targeted, Arabsalim and Srifa.

Nabatiyé is located several kilometers north of the "yellow line", which demarcates the area around ten km deep inside Lebanese territory in which Israel continues its operations.

"Any threat (...) even beyond the yellow line and north of the Litani River (30 km north of the border, Editor's note) will be eliminated", warned Wednesday, during a visit to the site, the chief of staff of the Israeli army, Eyal Zamir.

The Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, had called on Israel to "fully implement the ceasefire", before any launch of the peace negotiations planned under American sponsorship.

Under the terms of the truce agreement, Israel reserves "the right to take, at any time, all necessary measures in self-defense" against Hezbollah.

On Sunday, a deputy from the movement, Hassan Fadlallah, assured that the organization was able to "fail" the discussions between Israel and Lebanon, which it rejects.

"These negotiations, with all their effects, do not concern us. We will not implement them, we will not let them succeed," he declared.

Israeli strikes have killed more than 2,600 people and displaced more than a million people since Hezbollah relaunched hostilities on March 2, in support of its Iranian ally, targeted by an Israeli-American offensive.

Since then, 17 Israeli soldiers have died in Lebanon, including two this week. An Israeli civilian working for the army also