An Israeli strike near the Lebanese Red Cross center in the coastal city of Tyre killed at least five people and wounded eight others on Monday, four of them paramedics, Lebanese officials said, in one of the deadliest single incidents of Israel's renewed campaign in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that a vehicle had been targeted by an Israeli missile in front of the aid organization's facility.
The Lebanese Red Cross said four of its paramedics were wounded by shattered glass when the strike hit nearby, sustaining moderate and minor injuries, and were taken to a hospital for treatment. Across the south, Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people on Monday as the military pressed operations against Hezbollah.
The Israeli military issued an evacuation order for an area near Tyre, including part of the city's historic Christian Quarter, before carrying out strikes it said targeted the Iran-backed group. Tyre, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, contains UNESCO-listed archaeological sites that aid agencies and cultural bodies have warned are at risk from the bombardment.
The strikes came at a delicate moment. Israel and Iran said Monday they had brought to an end a round of tit-for-tat attacks begun by Tehran over the Israeli campaign in Lebanon. But Iran warned that it would resume its strikes on Israel if the bombing of Lebanon continued, tying the fragile pause between the two powers directly to events on the ground in the south.
Israeli leaders signaled they would not be deterred. Officials said the military would continue to act against Hezbollah regardless of the broader diplomatic track, even as President Trump pushed both Israel and Iran toward what he described as an imminent peace deal.
The targeting of an area near a Red Cross facility drew particular concern, given the protected status of medical and humanitarian workers under international humanitarian law. Aid organizations operating in southern Lebanon have repeatedly warned that the intensity of the strikes is endangering rescue crews and civilians alike.
For residents of Tyre and surrounding towns, the evacuation orders and continued strikes have meant fresh displacement, adding to the toll of a conflict that has battered southern Lebanon for months. The continued bombardment, even amid talk of a wider ceasefire, underscored how precarious the regional calm remained.