14 members of a single family killed; Al Jazeera documents the destruction in صير الغربية, southern Lebanon.

The town of Seir al-Gharbiyah in Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon was hit by a large-scale attack by Israeli forces on Sunday morning, resulting in 18 dead and a large number of wounded while targeted buildings were reduced to rubble.

“The town of Seir al-Gharbiyah in Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon witnessed a large-scale attack by Israeli forces on Sunday morning, resulting in 18 dead and a large number of wounded, while the targeted buildings were reduced to rubble”

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Mazen Ibrahim, director of Al Jazeera’s office in Lebanon, reported from the scene that the bombardment struck a three-story building with two missiles, killing 14 people from a single family and injuring others; a second building in the town was destroyed, causing four injuries.

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Rescue and civil defence teams worked for hours to retrieve the bodies and transport the wounded to hospitals, and Ibrahim said the small town of about 4,000 residents has become nearly empty due to repeated attacks though some residents refuse to leave.

Al Jazeera says the raids on Seir al-Gharbiyah are part of repeated strikes across southern Lebanon, including the southern suburbs of Beirut, Sidon and the far Bekaa, and that civilians who chose to stay are being subjected to direct massacres while Israeli warplanes patrol the skies with drone support.

The article cites the Lebanese Ministry of Health saying the human cost is very high, with more than 50 killed daily, amid rising numbers of wounded and extensive property damage.

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It reports that at night the Israeli army killed 15 people in a series of airstrikes on the capital Beirut and three southern towns, according to the Lebanese news agency and the Ministry of Health, and that on Saturday the Israeli army killed 55 people, including children, in a series of strikes across various parts of eastern and southern Lebanon.

The article says the scope of the war expanded regionally to include Lebanon on Monday after Israel and the United States on February 28 began a continuous aggression against Iran, leaving at least 1,230 dead, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

“The town of Seir al-Gharbiyah in Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon witnessed a large-scale attack by Israeli forces on Sunday morning, resulting in 18 dead and a large number of wounded, while the targeted buildings were reduced to rubble”

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It states that on Monday Hezbollah attacked a military site in northern Israel in response to Tel Aviv’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon, despite a ceasefire in effect since November 2024 and "its assassination of Khamenei."

The article does not clearly identify the actor referenced by the phrase "its assassination of Khamenei," so the responsibility implied by that phrase is ambiguous in the text.

On the same day, the article reports, Israel launched a new aggression on Lebanon with airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in the south and east of the country, and on Tuesday it began a limited ground incursion in the south.

Al Jazeera states that overall the escalating Israeli aggression on Lebanon has caused more than 300 deaths, the displacement of hundreds of thousands, and the destruction of residential and religious buildings and infrastructure.

The article frames these events in a longer context, saying that for decades Israel has occupied Palestine and lands in Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them or allow the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

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