
BEIRUT, Jun 13: Israeli air raids across southern Lebanon have killed at least five people as attacks continue despite a United States-brokered “ceasefire”.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that one person was killed in an air strike targeting the town of Maarakeh in the Tyre District.
Ali Badie, the mayor of Ar-Rihan municipality, was killed in an Israeli attack on the area in the Jezzine district of southern Lebanon. Three people were killed in the towns of Deir al-Zahrani and KafrReman in Nabatieh District.
Meanwhile, Israeli attacks at dawn demolished homes and government buildings in southern Lebanon’s BintJbeil, according to NNA.
The Israeli military also threatened residents of 24 Lebanese towns and villages to leave their homes immediately and move “north of the Zahrani River”.
The forced displacement orders apply to Deir al-Zahrani, al-Namirieh, al-Sharquieh, al-Dewayr, Harouf, Habboush, Kfarjoz, Zibdine (Nabatieh), Nabatieh al-Tahta, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, KfarRouman, Al-Mahmoudieh, Sajed (Jezzine), Reihan, Aaramta, Kfarchouba, Mlki, Al-Lawiza (Jezzine), Jarjouh and Arab Salim.�"AL JAZEERA