Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon kill 17, reports say10 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDavid GrittenReutersTwo people were reportedly killed in a strike on a car in the southern city of SidonIsraeli air strikes have killed at least 17 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media say.Nine people were killed in a series of strikes in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA).Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah said it carried out more attacks on Israeli troops occupying parts of the country's south.On Tuesday, 15 people were reportedly killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, as Israel rejected a warning from Iran not to continue its campaign against Hezbollah.Iran's leaders are demanding that any deal to end its war with the US and Israel also covers Lebanon, complicating negotiations with US President Trump.Trump and Iran trade new threats after strikes exchangedBowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisisIsraeli air strikes hit Lebanese city of Tyre despite Iranian warning to stop attacksNNA reported that Israeli air and artillery strikes intensified across the south of the country on Wednesday, with attacks in a number of cities, towns and villages.It said nine people were killed when Israeli jets and drones carried out at least four strikes in Tayr Debba, just east of the port city of Tyre.Two Israeli strikes killed three other people in the nearby village of Deir Qanoun el-Nahr, while two people were killed in Seddiqin, south-east of Tyre, it added.Later, there was an attack in the centre of the city of Sidon, which is located on the coast roughly halfway between Tyre and the capital Beirut.An AFP news agency correspondent said they heard an explosion before seeing a car burning. Two people were pulled from the vehicle by rescuers, they added.NNA said the car was targeted by an Israeli drone and that the two people died.One person w...