Despite Friday’s ceasefire vote, fierce fighting continued over the weekend. On Friday Israel used up to 50 helicopters to land hundreds of troops deep inside southern Lebanon. It was described as the largest operation of its kind since the Yom Kippur war in 1973. A total of 30,000 Israeli troops are now in Lebanon. Israel also continued to bomb Lebanon up until the final moments before the ceasefire began. On Sunday, an Israeli missile strike killed 15 in the southern Lebanese village of Rachaf. In southern Beirut, Israeli warplanes destroyed 11 residential buildings. At least three people were killed.