BEIRUT, November 25. /TASS/. The number of people killed in the Israeli strikes on the city of Tyre, located in the southern part of Lebanon, has risen to 10, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.

The agency added that the Israeli shelling has left 17 people injured, all of them hospitalized.

Earlier, NNA reported 2 people killed and 13 injured, noting that the city of Tyre was hit at least three times.

Tensions escalated again in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, when militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian movement Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israeli territory, killing residents of Israeli border settlements and taking hundreds of hostages. In response, Israel declared a complete blockade of Gaza and carried out strikes against it and parts of Lebanon and Syria before launching a ground operation in the Palestinian enclave.

On September 23, Israel launched Operation Northern Arrows against the Lebanon-based Hezbollah Shia movement, carrying out massive airstrikes on its military targets. Early on October 1, the Israeli army announced the launch of a ground operation in the border areas in southern Lebanon.