TRADING BLOWS
The fourth round of US-hosted direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon was due to take place later Tuesday and on Wednesday.
Military delegations held security talks last week.
A truce to halt the fighting in Lebanon began on Apr 17, but has never been observed.
Both Israel and Hezbollah accuse each other daily of violating the ceasefire, justifying their attacks by blaming the other for breaches.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, Israeli attacks since Mar 2 have killed at least 3,433 people.
Lebanon’s civil defence agency said six people had been killed in an Israeli strike on the south Lebanon village of Marwaniyeh, two of them children.
Lebanon’s public university postponed some examinations on Tuesday, after two students and their father were killed while returning to south Lebanon after sitting exams a day earlier.
Israel’s military said two of its soldiers had been killed in southern Lebanon, bringing to 27 the number of Israeli military deaths since early March.
On Sunday, Israeli troops seized Beaufort Castle, which commands sweeping views of south Lebanon.
Israeli forces used the castle, also known as Qalaat al-Chakif, as a base during their previous two-decade occupation of southern Lebanon that ended in 2000.
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