Israel Erases Al-Abdullah Family From Lebanon Civil Registry After Al-Marouniya Massacre

Activists and Lebanese platforms said Israel committed a massacre in the town of Al-Marouniya in southern Lebanon last Tuesday that resulted in the complete annihilation of the Al-Abdullah family and erasing them from the civil registry.

“Since the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, the war has spread across the region and claimed victims in several Middle Eastern countries”

Ici Beyrouth

The same source block says that on Thursday the scene repeated in Gaza after warplanes targeted a residential apartment on Intelligence Street in the northwest of Gaza City, leading to the martyrdom of five members of the Labad family and erasing another family completely from the civil registry.

Ici Beyrouth

Al Jazeera’s account also links the pattern to a wider toll, saying nine Palestinians were martyred and others were injured, including children, in a new round of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire that has been in effect since October 10, 2025.

In that reporting, a source at Al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera that the victims fell as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting four residential apartments in Gaza City.

The article further quotes a Gaza-and-Lebanon comparison of daily life to constant vigilance for lists of the martyrs, with one person saying: "We wake up every day to news of a new massacre, and the first thing we do in the morning is search through the photos and names to see if we know any of the martyrs."

In Lebanon, Ici Beyrouth reports that the Lebanese Ministry of Health said 1,142 people have been killed in massive Israeli strikes on Lebanon since the start of fighting between Israel and the pro-Iranian Hezbollah on March 2, and it recorded 3,315 wounded.

The same Ici Beyrouth account says more than one million people are registered as displaced and that the Lebanese army said six of its soldiers were killed, while Hezbollah has not provided information on its losses.

L'Humanité

L'Humanité frames the immediate political context by saying Donald Trump rejoices at the ten-day ceasefire agreed by Lebanon and Israel, while Beirut accuses Tel Aviv of continuing its attacks in the hours after the start of the truce.

L'Humanité also quotes Trump’s characterization of the ceasefire as "It may have been a historic day for Lebanon," and it says Washington oversaw the implementation of the ceasefire, temporarily ending 46 days of war waged by Israel against southern Lebanon.

At the same time, L'Humanité says a security official questioned by Reuters warned that "Israeli occupation forces have no intention of withdrawing from southern Lebanon during the ten-day ceasefire announced."

The Intercept reports that Israel’s campaign to raze huge swaths of southern Lebanon may destroy not only people’s homes, but also their ability to show they owned the properties, potentially leaving as many as a quarter million Lebanese unable to prove that they have property or homes at all.

“What, in your view, are Israel's war aims in Lebanon”

Les clés du Moyen-Orient

It says aerial imagery from Bint Jbeil, the seat of a municipality by the same name, shows what residents describe as burn marks at sites where official records were kept, including civil registration files and land deeds.

The Intercept adds that a ministry spokesperson told it the Ministry of Interior has not yet been able to obtain the civil registry records for Bint Jbeil district because the ICRC has not received approval from the Mechanism Committee, which includes Israel, to enter the area.

In a statement to an Intercept journalist in New York, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson declined to comment on the ICRC request and said Hezbollah installs military assets in civilian areas.

The Intercept also quotes Lebanese Finance Minister Yassine Jaber monitoring the Grand Serail by satellite, saying: "The walls are still standing mostly," but "satellites don’t have keys to doors."