Two Lebanese civilians were killed in Israeli shelling of the southern village of Shebaa on Saturday, its mayor told AFP, the latest casualties of cross-border tensions over Israel's war with Hamas."A man and his wife have been killed in their home by Israeli shelling," mayor Mohammad Saab told AFP, adding they were both in their forties.
The brazen attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas on Israel that began on Saturday will be seen as a turning point in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict with far-reaching repercussions, analysts say.
Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israelin years on Saturday, killing dozens of people and taking hostages in a surprise assault that combined gunmen crossing into Israel with a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Israel said the Iran-backed group had declared war as its army confirmed fighting with militants in several Israeli towns and military bases near Gaza, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate. In a televised speech, Haniyeh addressed the Arab countries that have normalised ties with Israel in recent years.
An eruption of violence has brought into sharp focus the plight of Lebanon’s Palestinians, who for decades have lived in crowded camps. Yet individuals strive to maintain dignity and hope.