Israeli military forces carried out intensive strikes on southern Lebanon, killing three civilians in an airstrike on the village of Brizeh, along with widespread artillery and airborne attacks targeting multiple villages across the region.<\/p>\n
The attacks represent part of a pattern of repeated violations of ceasefire agreements and underscore the fragile security situation in southern Lebanon and along the border areas.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces executed coordinated attacks across multiple villages in southern Lebanon. According to local media reports, strikes targeted the village of Adaisiyeh in Nabatieh district and the village of Kunin, accompanied by artillery shelling directed at the villages of Tulain and Qabriha.<\/p>\n
Israeli warplanes conducted an airstrike on a residential building in the village of Brizeh, resulting in the deaths of three civilians. The attacks also extended to the village of Majdal Zoun in Tyre district and the village of Burj Qalawiya.<\/p>\n
Villages targeted in the attacks:<\/p>\n
Adaisiyeh village (Nabatieh district)
\nKunin village
\nTulain and Qabriha villages (artillery shelling)
\nBrizeh village (airstrike resulting in three civilian deaths)
\nMajdal Zoun village (Tyre district)
\nBurj Qalawiya village<\/p>\n
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that the total death toll from Israeli military operations against Lebanon since March 2 has reached 2,659 killed and 8,183 wounded.<\/p>\n
These figures reflect the ongoing human cost of repeated military strikes, amid escalating security tensions in southern Lebanon and border areas. The majority of casualties are civilians whose villages have been subjected to direct bombardment.<\/p>\n
Reports indicate continued violations of ceasefire commitments, with attacks persisting despite agreements meant to end hostilities.<\/p>\n
Hezbollah announced a retaliatory operation in response to the Israeli attacks, stating it targeted a concentration of Israeli military personnel.<\/p>\n
In an official statement, the organization said the operation was carried out “in defense of Lebanon and its people, in response to the Israeli enemy’s breach of the ceasefire and attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that have resulted in the martyrdom of civilians and injuries among the civilian population.”<\/p>\n
The statement indicated that “fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted, at 19:15 on Friday, May 1, 2026, a concentration of Israeli army soldiers inside a residential building in the village of Biyadah with a direct strike.”<\/p>\n
These attacks form part of a recurring pattern of breaches in the ceasefire agreement between the two sides.<\/p>\n
The repeated Israeli military operations and subsequent responses from Hezbollah demonstrate the persistence of military tensions in southern Lebanon despite the nominal ceasefire. The attacks reflect broader regional tensions involving the border area between Lebanon and occupied Palestinian territories, as well as the fallout from the ongoing conflict in Gaza.<\/p>\n
The repeated attacks inflict widespread human suffering on residents of southern Lebanon, particularly villages near the border.<\/p>\n
Civilians in affected areas face:<\/p>\n
Continuous displacement from their homes
\nShortages of medical services and humanitarian aid
\nLoss of family members and loved ones
\nExtensive destruction of infrastructure and private property<\/p>\n
Renewed Israeli military operations on southern Lebanon, coupled with retaliatory fire from Hezbollah, reveal the fragility of the ceasefire agreement and the enduring security crisis in the region. The significant civilian casualty toll underscores the heavy human price being paid by residents of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israeli military forces carried out intensive strikes on southern Lebanon, killing three civilians in an airstrike on the village of Brizeh, along with widespread artillery and airborne attacks targeting multiple villages across the region. The attacks represent part of a pattern of repeated violations of ceasefire agreements and underscore the fragile security situation in southern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","override":[{"template":"7","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"left-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33536,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33532\/revisions\/33536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}