An explosion rocked the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Tuesday (June 9) and smoke billowed from the area following an Israeli strike, according to Lebanon's state news agency NNA.

Earlier on Tuesday, Israel struck the historic port city killing at least eight people, the Lebanese health ministry said, after an Israeli evacuation order for the entire city was issued for the first time.

The deaths followed a single strike on the city's eastern edge, the ministry and state media said, in one of the deadliest Israeli bombing raids on Tyre since the war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah erupted on March 2.

The Israeli military had on Tuesday morning issued an online evacuation warning for the entire city, including its northwestern Christian quarter, where people displaced from elsewhere in the city were seeking shelter and which had been left out of previous evacuation orders.

Last week, the Israeli military said militants from Iran-backed Hezbollah were hiding out in the area, without providing evidence. It urged Christians in the city to demand Hezbollah depart, and threatened to order the district's evacuation if the fighters did not leave.

The latest war in Lebanon erupted when Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel in support of its ally Tehran. Israel has retaliated with heavy strikes and a ground invasion that has occupied swathes of the south.

The U.S. announced a ceasefire on April 16, but it has failed to halt fighting in southern Lebanon.

Israel has continued to issue evacuation orders for southern Lebanon that have effectively emptied a fifth of the country, including areas far beyond the front lines.

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EXPLOSION AND SMOKE BILLOWING FROM THE SOUTHERN LEBANESE CITY OF TYRE FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE, REPORTED BY LEBANON'S STATE NEWS AGENCY NNA

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SHOWS: TYRE, LEBANON (JUNE 9, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. EXPLOSION AND SMOKE FOLLOWING AN ISRAELI STRIKE

2. VARIOUS OF SMOKE BILLOWING