Israeli Forces Shell Mais Al-Jabal And Nabatieh Al-Fauqa, Set Fire To Hospitals

Israeli artillery bombardment targeted Mays al-Jabal and a “fiery belt” over Nabatieh al-Fauqa in southern Lebanon, while Israeli airstrikes hit Nabatieh al-Fauqa, according to الوطن.

“An artillery bombardment targeted Mays al-Jabal and a fiery belt over Nabatieh al-Fauqa”

الوطن

Al-Manar TV Lebanon reported that Israeli artillery shells hit the southern Lebanese town of Mais Al-Jabal, and that Israeli forces carried out two Israeli air strikes on Nabatieh Al-Fawqah targeting the Al-Ruweiss neighborhood.

Al Jazeera

Lebanese state media reported that the Israeli army set fire to the government hospital in the town of Mays al-Jabal in Marjaoun, southern Lebanon, with the National News Agency not immediately providing information on the extent of the damage or whether there were casualties.

Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces struck the municipalities of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun with artillery shelling, and that Israeli forces also set fire to the public hospital in the town of Meiss el-Jabal, while details on damage or casualties were not immediately reported.A

Al Jazeera said Israeli artillery shelling injured two people in southern Lebanon on Chaqra in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatieh governorate, and that the two were taken to Tebnin hospital.A

The same Al Jazeera account said Israeli forces withdrew from the outskirts of Deir Mimas in Marjayoun after advancing earlier in the day toward the entrance to the town, and described the standoff as beginning when two Israeli tanks advanced along a road toward Deir Mimas and stopped in front of a dirt barricade with Lebanese army vehicles stationed on the other side.A

Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Al-Manar TV Lebanon said Lebanese Army communications via the MCG4L military coordination group led to the Israeli force leaving the observation post in Deir Mimas, after the Israeli force approached the newly established post and threw sound bombs in its vicinity.

Naharnet reported that Israeli forces hurled six stun grenades at the entrance of Deir Mimas, demanding that the Lebanese Army remove the checkpoint from the area and arguing that it lies within the Israeli-designated Yellow Zone.N

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said the overall casualties from Israeli attacks since it began its war on Gaza in October 2023 had reached 8,953 killed and 30,643 injured, while Al Jazeera also cited Israeli attacks killing at least 4,386 people and wounding 12,407 others since March 2.A

“had reached 8,953 killed and 30,643 injured”

Al Jazeera

The same Al Jazeera report said a US-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel in June provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army in areas vacated by Israeli forces, but that Israel continued attacks on southern Lebanon and occupies areas in the region.A

Al-Siyasa said Lebanon is preparing for the eighth round of negotiations with Israel under American sponsorship and Italian hosting, and described the Israeli army’s control over the Tal al-Taher hills as a development tied to the negotiation process.

Al-Siyasa also said Lebanon is considering attaching Tal al-Taher and the surrounding towns to the expansion of the first experimental zone by establishing an international monitoring point there, with American backing, alongside the army’s deployment and with the Lebanese Military Coordination Committee chaired by American General Joseph Clearfield playing a central role.