Seven people are killed by Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon while a Catholic convent is bulldozed.

Officials said that the Israeli military demolished parts of a Catholic convent in a border village while Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others. On Saturday, the Israeli military issued a new evacuation warning to residents of nine southern villages. Despite the ceasefire that has been in place since April 17, the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel have continued their attacks. The Israeli military destroyed portions of a Catholic convent that had been vacant due to the most recent fighting in the border village of Yaroun with bulldozers. The Basilian Salvatorian Sisters' superior general, Gladys Sabbagh, stated,

"What we heard is that it was destroyed with bulldozers." The convent had a school that had been closed since the Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, according to Sabbagh, and a clinic that had recently moved to the nearby village of Rmeich. She described the convent as a small compound that was home to just two nuns who had left due to the war. Due to the displacement of Yaroun's residents, Sabbagh lacked any additional information.

The Israeli military's version is disputed by the Catholic Church. In a statement, the Israeli military said that a house in Yaroun that had no religious signs was damaged while the army was destroying Hezbollah infrastructure. It added that soldiers "prevented any further damage from being done" as soon as the military learned that it was linked to a church. The military added that Hezbollah had previously made use of the compound to launch multiple rockets at Israel. It added that the military does not deliberately attack religious institutions.

The allegations that the compound was used for military purposes were rejected by the Catholic Church in Lebanon. We oppose all practices that target churches and places of worship. Peace, love, and education can be shared in these settings, the Rev. Director of the Catholic Center for Information, Abdo Abou Kassm. "These are not bases for the military." Days before the images of an Israeli soldier using an ax to smash the crucified statue of Jesus on the cross in the southern Lebanese village of Debel sparked widespread international condemnation, the convent was demolished.

Israel claims to be targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure. Airstrikes by Israel and Hezbollah attacks on other parts of southern Lebanon continued. According to Lebanon's National News Agency, two people were killed in an airstrike on a car in the village of Kfar Dajal, and three were killed in an airstrike on a house in the village of Lwaizeh.

It stated that a strike on the Shoukin village resulted in the deaths of two others. Lieutenant, Israel's military spokesperson in Arabic, Col. According to a post that Ella Waweya made on X, the Israeli air force carried out approximately fifty airstrikes in the last 24 hours against Hezbollah members and infrastructure. Hezbollah claimed that Israeli troops who were gathered inside a house on Saturday in the coastal village of Bayed were attacked with a drone.

A brand-new video, according to the Israeli military, depicts the destruction of Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. Friday's video shows soldiers walking among the destruction of a soccer stadium in the Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil while waving an Israeli flag. The air force "destroyed the town's stadium after it was discovered to be booby-trapped," according to the military's website. The latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2 when Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel.

This occurred two days after Israel and the United States launched a war against Iran, Hezbollah's main supporter. Since then, Israel has invaded southern Lebanon with hundreds of airstrikes and a ground invasion, capturing dozens of towns and villages along the border. After more than three decades, Lebanon and Israel have held their first direct talks since then. Since 1948, when Israel became a state, the two countries have officially been at war. On April 17, Washington declared a ceasefire that would last for ten days. The ceasefire was later extended by three weeks.