At least 21 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in three areas in the southern parts of Lebanon on Sunday, according to the country's health department.
Nine people were killed and 38 injured in an attack on Haret Saida, near the port city of Sidon, while at least seven others, including a nurse and three rescue workers, were killed in the southern village of Ain Baal and five in Burj al-Shemali, according to the department.
Earlier on Sunday, Israel once again ordered the immediate evacuation of parts of southern Lebanon. This time it concerned 14 localities, wrote Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Israeli military, on X.
"For your own safety, you must immediately evacuate your homes and move to the northern part of the Awali River", he wrote.