Key facts
- Israeli air and artillery strikes across southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Tuesday.
- An Israeli strike on a residential building in Tyre killed eight people and injured 32.
- Two Syrian nationals were killed in separate Israeli strikes north of Tyre.
- The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for Tyre and its surrounding areas, including the Christian quarter.
- Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching rockets and drones at Israeli military targets.
Israeli air and artillery strikes across southern Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Tuesday, with significant impacts on the Christian community in Tyre. An attack on a residential building near the city's seafront resulted in eight deaths and 32 injuries, while two Syrian nationals were killed in separate strikes north of Tyre. The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for Tyre and its surrounding areas, notably including the historic Christian quarter for the first time, prompting residents to flee north.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility for launching rockets and drones at Israeli military targets in response. The conflict has drawn in Lebanon's Christian population, with many expressing fears of permanent displacement and the erasure of their heritage. Archbishop Elias Kfoury estimates over $100 million in damage to religious sites in southern Lebanon. Since October, over 3,600 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, and more than a million are displaced, with nearly 3,500 strikes reported since an April 16 ceasefire.