Lebanon seeks US backing as Israel-Hezbollah clashes threaten fragile truce
President Joseph Aoun called for American help to halt Israeli attacks after Sunday strikes in Lebanon reportedly killed at least seven people.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has called on the United States to help stop Israeli attacks, increasing pressure on a fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah.
The appeal followed Sunday strikes in Lebanon that reportedly killed at least seven people. The casualty figure has not been independently verified, and it is unclear whether it includes deaths reported in earlier attacks.
Reports on 6 September said Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon killed three or four people and wounded between 20 and 23. Lebanese authorities and the National News Agency reported four deaths and 20 wounded, while another summary cited three deaths and 23 wounded.
Reported locations included Nabatieh, Arab Salim, Nabatieh al-Fawqa and Kfar Reman. Israel said the strikes were carried out in response to Hezbollah drone launches towards its forces despite the truce.
The conflicting casualty figures and continued exchanges have deepened uncertainty over the durability of the ceasefire, without establishing that it has definitively collapsed.
