Israel kills 8 in southern Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah to de-escalate
Key points
- Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting.
- Also Read: West Asia war updates Israel threatened on Monday (June 1) to strike Beirut's southern suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled to safer areas and Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel.
- Israeli forces recently made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years, but Beirut has been mostly spared over the past six weeks, apart from two targeted attacks on the city's southern suburbs in May.
- Trump later announced after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicating with the Lebanese militant group through mediators that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut".
- Lebanon's State-run News Agency reported Tuesday (June 2) that an Israeli...
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Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after
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Key Takeaways
- Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after U.S.
- President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting.
- Also Read: West Asia war updates Israel threatened on Monday (June 1) to strike Beirut's southern suburbs, causing panic in the Lebanese capital as thousands fled to safer areas and Hezbollah fired rockets at northern Israel.
- Israeli forces recently made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in 26 years, but Beirut has been mostly spared over the past six weeks, apart from two targeted attacks on the city's southern suburbs in May.
- Trump later announced after a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicating with the Lebanese militant group through mediators that “there will be no Troops going to Beirut".
📌 Source: The Hindu
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