Israel expanded its aerial bombardment of targets in Lebanon, hitting areas both in and outside traditional Hezbollah bastions, as its troops battled militants across the border yesterday.
In areas where Hezbollah holds sway, Israeli warplanes hit a marketplace in the southern city of Nabatiyeh on Saturday, and then a 100-year-old mosque in a village near the border yesterday killing at least 29 people, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA).
There have also been deadly strikes in other areas of Lebanon — one on a Shiite Muslim village in a mostly Christian mountain area, and another in north Lebanon, the health ministry said.
And in a related development, an open letter signed by 130 Israeli soldiers says they will no longer serve in the Israeli army unless the government works towards a captive and ceasefire deal, reports The New Arab.