An Israeli airstrike on the southern port city of Tyre left at least seven dead, among them five siblings, three of whom were deaf and mute, officials and a resident said Saturday. The rise in Tyre’s death toll came as Israel’s air force carried out airstrikes on different parts of southern and eastern Lebanon Saturday hours after Beirut’s southern suburbs were pounded by jets,

The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, conducted an assessment of the situation in the Gaza Strip and reported on the results of the operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, report the Israel Defense Forces.