Ten injured in Israeli air raids on southern Lebanon on Sunday
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 10 people were wounded in Israeli air raids in southern Lebanon on Sunday. According to the ministry, one attack on Rahhal Tower in Tyre wounded nine people, while another raid on Zrarieh, in Sidon, wounded a child, the National News Agency reported.
Israel has kept up its bombardment of Lebanon despite a November 27 US-brokered ceasefire that sought to end more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
US envoy praises Lebanon’s response to disarm Hezbollah
US envoy Thomas Barrack says he is “unbelievably satisfied” by the Lebanese authorities’ response to a request to disarm Hezbollah.
“I’m unbelievably satisfied with the response,” Barrack, the US ambassador to Turkiye and special envoy to Syria, told a news conference after meeting President Joseph Aoun.
He warned that “the rest of the region is moving at Mach speed, and you will be left behind”, noting that “dialogue has started between Syria and Israel, just as the dialogue needs to be reinvented by Lebanon”.
Barrack’s remarks come a day after Hezbollah chief Basem Naim said the Lebanese group remains open to peace, but it will not disarm or back down from confronting Israel until it ends its air raids and withdraws from southern Lebanon.
US envoy delivers cautionary message to Lebanon
US envoy Tom Barrack used diplomatic language but made it clear that their intention was not to dictate Lebanon’s actions. Instead, he came here with a message that Lebanon does not want to be left behind.
The region is changing and has changed in so many ways. Iran and its ally Hezbollah have been weakened. The Trump administration is pushing for peace deals between Israel and Arab countries.
Barrack mentioned that there were ongoing diplomatic talks between Syria and Israel, and that this should be reinvented between Israel and Lebanon. And Barrack, saying that Lebanon will be left behind one way or the other, is telling the country the international community is not going to support it with much-needed funds to reconstruct what has been destroyed and to revive the economy.
We'll let Israel continue to bomb you, but better get onboard with normalization with Israel... This was never a ceasefire.
One person killed in air strike on vehicle in southern Lebanon
At least one person has been killed in a suspected Israeli air strike on a van in the town of Deir Kifa in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army has not commented on the incident yet, but it comes after Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah when it launched a series of attacks on eastern and southern Lebanon on Sunday night.
عاجل | جريحٌ بقصف مسيرة إسرائيلية مركبة مدنية في بلدة دير كيفا، قضاء صور في جنوب لبنان. pic.twitter.com/I2ucWJcifh
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 7, 2025
Translation: One fatality when an Israeli drone bombed a vehicle in the town of Deir Kifa, Tyre District, southern Lebanon.
One more killed in Lebanon as Israel launches more attacks
Lebanon’s National News Agency says one person was killed after a motorcycle was bombed in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon. An Israeli drone reportedly dropped an explosive on a religious statue in Kfar Kila, while a sound bomb was also dropped on the outskirts.
Israeli drones were also reported to be flying over several other towns across southern Lebanon.
