At least 20 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as the Lebanese group Hezbollah announced six military operations against the Israeli army in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.

Israeli airstrikes kill 20 people in southern Lebanon

Israeli warplanes struck a building in the city of Tyre, killing three people and wounding several others, state news agency NNA reported.

Another seven people, including three paramedics, were killed and 24 injured in another strike in the town of Ain Baal, the broadcaster said. Fighter jets also struck a building in the town of Borj El-Chmali town, killing five people, including two paramedics, NNA reported.

The Health Ministry confirmed that five people were killed and 10 others were injured when Israeli warplanes carried out a fresh airstrike on El-Raml neighbourhood in the city of Tyre.

Israeli artillery shelling and airstrikes were also reported in several other areas in southern Lebanon, including Al-Bazourieh, Maarakeh, Shuhur and Tayr Debba. No casualties have yet been reported.

Israel has been conducting a major air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are Hezbollah targets since last month, an escalation after a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and the group since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza.

More than 2,670 people have been killed and nearly 12,500 injured in Israeli attacks since October last year, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israel expanded the conflict on October 1 this year by launching a ground offensive into southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah carries out 6 attacks against Israeli army

Lebanese group Hezbollah announced it has carried out six military operations against the Israeli army in southern Lebanon and northern Israel since early Monday.

Hezbollah said its fighters launched four rocket attacks on a cluster of Israeli soldiers near the Fatima Gate border area in southern Lebanon.

The militants also hit Israeli soldiers twice between the settlements of Al-Manara and Margaliot in northern Israel.

On Sunday, Hezbollah said it carried out 29 strikes on Israeli soldiers’ locations, targets and settlements in southern Lebanon and northern Israel, using artillery shells, rockets and drones.

Unknown combat drones target 2 US bases in Syria

Unknown combat drones have attacked two US military bases in Syria, local sources report.

A US military base in the Al-Omar oil field in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria was attacked by several kamikaze drones on Sunday night, local sources told Anadolu Agency.

Sirens sounded near the military base and US warplanes flew over the area, the sources added.

Later, US troops stationed at the base shelled the villages of Khusham, Al-Jafra, Al-Huwaijah, and Al-Mari’iyah, located west of the Euphrates River, where Iranian-backed groups are believed to be based.

Deir ez-Zor is under the occupation of the US-backed PKK/YPG terrorist organisation, while the city centre and other rural areas are under the control of the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and Iranian-backed groups.

Meanwhile, the US military base of Al-Tanf, located near the Jordanian-Syrian border in southeastern Syria, was also targeted by drone attacks.

Anadolu correspondent reported that US air defences shot down several drones while others struck the base. No casualties have been reported. The US has not yet issued a statement on the attacks on the two bases. Unknown armed groups, likely backed by Iran, have been targeting US bases in Syria with drones and missiles in recent months.