BEIRUT, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Two Lebanese soldiers were wounded Tuesday when an Israeli airstrike struck an army patrol during a rescue operation in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese army said.
The army said its patrol had arrived at the site of an earlier Israeli strike in the town of Majdal Zoun in the Tyre district, where it was working to help evacuate three members of the Civil Defense. It said the patrol came under a renewed attack while rescue efforts were underway. The Civil Defense said it is coordinating with the Lebanese army to evacuate the trapped personnel.
Elsewhere in southern Lebanon, at least three people were killed, and others were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes, according to Lebanese health authorities and state media.
The authorities also noted that the cumulative death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks from March 2 through April 28 has reached 2,534, with 7,863 people wounded.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the border town of Taybeh with "a swarm of attack drones." It said the strike was in retaliation for Israeli ceasefire violations and attacks on villages in southern Lebanon.
The violence continued despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that took effect at midnight between April 16 and 17, after weeks of intensified cross-border fighting linked to the wider regional conflict involving Iran and Israel-backed operations. ■
