Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.

Soldiers from the IDF's 226th Brigade identified two Hezbollah terror cells in southern Lebanon, coordinating with the air force, who struck the terrorists, killing them, the military confirmed on Sunday morning. The strikes took place over the past 24 hours, the military noted.

On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people in Lebanon, including a 4-year-old girl in the southern town of Kfar Hatta, far from the border with Israel.

Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon's main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, March 26 (Reuters) - Israel has said it will seize a chunk of southern Lebanon to create a "buffer zone" against Hezbollah militants, stoking fears among Lebanese of Israeli military occupation that could deepen instability and stoke further displacement.

Bridges blown up.

It was not how the Rev. Maroun Ghafari had envisioned this Holy Week — for years, he had held Easter sermons in his predominantly Christian village of Alma al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel.

At least 11 people are injured as Israel strikes near the Lebanese Italian Hospital in Tyre, damaging the facility.