Israeli strikes pound Lebanon despite signs US and Iran are close to peace deal

Attacks on multiple locations in south and east of country on Sunday result in some casualties, state media reports Middle East crisis: live updates Israeli strikes have hit southern and eastern Lebanon, a day after 11 people were killed in a single raid on the south despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war and claims that the US and Iran are about to reach a peace deal. Saturday’s strike in Sir al-Gharbiyeh “resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,” Lebanon’s health ministry said. Continue reading...

Original source: Guardian