- Title: Smoke from Israeli strikes billows over southern Lebanon
- Date: 28th March 2025
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- Keywords: Israel Lebanon Palestinians South Lebanon smoke southern Lebanon strikes
- Location: MARJAYOUN, LEBANON
- City: MARJAYOUN, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001250528032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Smoke rose in south Lebanon on Friday (March 28) from Israeli artillery strikes against targets in the hills just across the border.
Israel on Friday carried out its first major airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs in months, retaliating for an earlier rocket launch from Lebanon in the most serious test of a shaky ceasefire deal agreed in November.
The ceasefire has looked increasingly flimsy in recent weeks. Israel delayed a promised troop withdrawal in January and said last week it had intercepted rockets fired on March 22, which led it to bombard targets in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the rocket firing.
Israel is also renewing its military campaign in Gaza after the collapse of a January ceasefire with Hamas - a resumption of major warfare that has set the wider region back on edge.
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