According to AFP, the attacks took place on Sunday (17\/5). Lebanese\nauthorities and state media confirmed the death of a Jihad Islam\ncommander. These strikes occurred even as a fragile ceasefire remains in\nplace, while Hezbollah has described the US-mediated negotiations\nbetween the two nations as a \u201cdeadlock.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lebanese Ministry of Health released preliminary casualty figures\nfollowing the Israeli strikes on Sunday, reporting three deaths in the\ntown of Tayr Felsay, including a child, and two deaths in the town of\nTayr Debba, also including a child.<\/p>\n
The Ministry noted that 11 people were injured in these attacks, with\nan additional four people wounded in strikes targeting two other towns\nin southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Subsequently, the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA)\nreported that an Israeli missile strike around midnight hit an apartment\non the outskirts of Baalbek in the eastern part of the country, killing\nJihad Islam commander Wael Abdel Halim and his 17-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n
Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to launch widespread attacks\nin southern Lebanon, frequently issuing evacuation warnings to towns and\nvillages in the southern region. Two Israeli strikes also hit the town\nof Sohmor in the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, on Sunday, according to\nthe NNA.<\/p>\n
The Israeli military subsequently issued evacuation warnings for four\nvillages near the city of Sidon on the southern coast, located dozens of\nkilometres from the border region, which had also received warnings on\nSaturday. Israeli airstrikes hit three of those four villages after the\nwarnings were issued, according to the NNA.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/israel-strikes-lebanon-jihad-islam-commander-among-dead-1780930934", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }