Israel Kills 11 In Southern Lebanon After Trump De-Escalation Deal With Hezbollah

Israel continued attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday while not striking Beirut after a partial ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, with Lebanon saying the deal was announced by US President Donald Trump late on Monday and that Israeli forces would not bomb the capital in exchange for Hezbollah not attacking Israel.

“At least eight people have been killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon, according to the war-torn country’s National News Agency (NNA), hours after US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to de-escalate fighting that neither Israel nor the Lebanese group Hezbollah has publicly accepted”

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The BBC reported that the Lebanese health ministry said four people were killed and 127 injured when Israeli air strikes hit buildings next to Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre on Monday afternoon, with 39 hospital staff among the injured and four in a critical condition.

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The BBC also quoted hospital director Dr Wael Mroueh denying there was a military target nearby and saying, "The Israeli enemy targets journalists, ambulance workers, medical staff."

In the same BBC account, the Israeli military said it struck "Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure" in the area but emphasized the hospital damage was "not targeted," while it accused Hezbollah of embedding itself within civilian infrastructure and population centres.

The AP reported that Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 11 people, including a man along with his son and daughter, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah would de-escalate.

Hezbollah said it attacked Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, where officials reported deadly Israeli strikes, while the BBC described utter devastation outside Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre and quoted a woman saying, "Used to."

The BBC also included Dr Wael Mroueh’s account that the blast happened "without any prior warning" and that "Pictures speak volumes," as corridors inside the hospital were littered with broken glass and ceiling panels had collapsed.

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The AP reported that Hezbollah did not carry out any attacks on Israel after Trump’s announcement, and that Lebanese negotiators planned a full ceasefire push in Washington while the talks began in April and were the first in more than three decades between the countries.

The AP also quoted Prime Minister Nawaf Salam saying, "Negotiations is the least costly option on Lebanon and the Lebanese people," linking the talks to allowing people in the south to return to cities and villages.

In a separate framing, the National News Desk said Netanyahu confirmed speaking with Trump but wrote on X, "This stance of ours remains unchanged," adding that "the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon."

The BBC said Lebanon’s civil defence agency reported another Israeli strike hit its centre in Kfar Sir, in Nabatieh district, causing damage but no casualties, and it reported that the Israeli military issued a fresh evacuation order for Nabatieh town on Tuesday afternoon.

The BBC also reported that the Lebanese health ministry said 128 paramedics and healthcare workers have been killed and that it recorded 159 attacks on ambulances and medical facilities over the past three months, while it described the hospital blast toll as 127 injured with 39 hospital staff among them.

The AP said the ongoing hostilities despite Trump’s announcement and a nominal ceasefire that began in April were deepening displacement for Lebanon’s conflict-weary population, and it said more than 1 million people had registered as displaced.

The AP further tied the fighting to negotiations to extend a ceasefire in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, noting that the Islamic Republic wants any such deal to end fighting in Lebanon too, and it reported that two semiofficial Iranian news agencies said Iran cut off communication with mediators facilitating the ceasefire talks.

The American Conservative framed the situation as Ceasefire Day 56 and said Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz told the Defense Export Conference that "there is no ceasefire" in southern Lebanon, while it also cited Iran’s Tasnim News Agency statement that there would be "no dialogue" until there is an immediate halt of Israel’s operations in Gaza and Lebanon and a full withdrawal from occupied areas in Lebanon.