Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least nine people on Friday, including a child and six rescuers from organizations linked to Hezbollah and its Shiite ally Amal, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

At the same time, multiple sirens sounded in northern Israel throughout the day due to Hezbollah drone attacks that caused no injuries.

Beirut said an Israeli strike on the town of Hannouiyeh killed four rescuers from the Hezbollah-linked Islamic Health Committee. The health ministry does not distinguish in its reports between combatants and civilians.

It said a later strike on Deir Qanun al-Nahr killed a Syrian girl, as well as two rescuers from the Amal-linked Risala Scouts association, one of whom was also working as a freelance photographer.

Separately, the Israel Defense Forces said surveillance operators overnight identified two armed terror operatives approaching the northern border from the direction of the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun. Within minutes, an Israeli Air Force fighter jet struck the suspects under the direction of forces on the ground. After movement was detected in the area following the initial strike, the pair was targeted again and killed.

Local security squads in the nearby communities of Dovev, Matat, and Baram were dispatched to their communities’ entrances during the incident.

The military also reported on Friday that troops operating in southern Lebanon had killed five Hezbollah operatives the previous day after spotting them entering a command center belonging to the terror group north of the Israeli-held area in southern Lebanon.

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