Israeli Airstrikes Kill Six, Injure 17 in Safad Al-Batikh and Yahmar Al-Shaqif

Israeli attacks on towns in southern Lebanon killed at least six people and wounded 17 others on Saturday, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health’s Emergency Operations Center as cited by EFE.

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EFE said four people died in two Israeli airstrikes targeting a truck and a motorcycle in the town of Yahmar al Shaqif in the Nabatieh region.

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In the same report, EFE added that the Lebanese health authority confirmed two other people were killed and 17 injured in another Israeli attack on the southern town of Safad al Batikh, in the Bint Jbeil district.

The New Arab similarly reported that Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on Saturday in the country’s south killed six people, and it quoted a ministry statement saying two strikes—on a truck and a motorbike in Yohmor al-Shaqeef in the Nabatieh district—killed four people.

The New Arab also said the ministry reported that an Israeli airstrike on Safad al-Battikh in the Bint Jbeil district resulted in two fatalities and 17 injuries.

The Peninsula Qatar echoed the Emergency Operations Center figures, writing that an Israeli airstrike on the south of Lebanon killed two people and injured 17 others, targeting Safad Al Batikh in the Bint Jbeil District.

In parallel, Al-Manar TV Lebanon reported an Israeli airstrike on Safad Al-Batikh in southern Lebanon and said “At least 10 injuries, including women and children” resulted from the strike.

The new Saturday strikes came as the reported overall death toll from the Israeli offensive in Lebanon approached 2,500 over the prior seven weeks, with EFE saying it had reached “nearly 2,500” and specifying a figure of 2,496 dead and 7,725 wounded.

EFE tied the escalation timeline to March 2, stating that the Israeli Army intensified its military offensive against Lebanon “since March 2” after Hezbollah “resumed launching drones and projectiles at Israel in response to its conflict with the United States against Iran.”

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The New Arab also cited the authorities’ cumulative toll, stating that “Israel's attacks have killed at least 2,496 people in Lebanon since 2 March, according to authorities.”

The Peninsula Qatar likewise said the death toll resulting from the Israeli offensive against Lebanon since March 2 had risen to 2,496 dead, in addition to 7,725 injured.

In the same reporting stream, EFE described Lebanese state media reporting “numerous Israeli bombardments on southern Lebanese towns,” “the demolition of homes,” and “the overflight of Israeli drones over southern Beirut throughout the day today.”

EFE also said the new attacks coincided with a warning issued by the Israeli Army on Saturday to Lebanese residents displaced from the south, advising them not to return to their homes in “some sixty localities” because Israeli troops remain positioned there despite the current truce.

The New Arab added that Israel reissued a warning to residents not to return to dozens of south Lebanon locations within the so-called “yellow line,” described as a ribbon about “10 kilometres (six miles) wide” along the length of the border.

EFE reported that the new attacks coincided with Israeli Army messaging to displaced residents and with Israeli assertions about ongoing operations against Hezbollah.

EFE said the Israeli Army asserted it “continue[s] to attack Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon,” aiming “at eliminating a threat to its soldiers,” and it said Israeli troops “occupy several southern Lebanese towns.”

EFE also reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Army on Saturday to attack the Shiite formation “forcefully,” citing his office.

The New Arab connected the strikes to ceasefire politics, saying the Israeli strikes violated a ceasefire extended this week in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, and it quoted that “extending the ceasefire "makes no sense" in light of the continued "hostile acts".”

It also reported that US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a “10-day ceasefire in Lebanon that began on 17 April had been extended for three weeks.”

The New Arab further described Hezbollah’s response, saying Hezbollah targeted an Israeli army vehicle in south Lebanon in retaliation for the attack on Yohmor al-Shaqeef.

EFE, for its part, described the Israeli Army’s justification for continued action by saying it reported “two projectiles and a drone launched from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” which it described as a “blatant violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah.”

While EFE, The New Arab, and The Peninsula Qatar converge on the same Safad al Batikh casualty totals—two killed and 17 injured—Al-Manar TV Lebanon foregrounds a different injury figure and frames the strike through its own correspondent’s report.

EFE said the Lebanese health authority confirmed “two other people were killed and 17 injured” in Safad al Batikh, and The Peninsula Qatar similarly wrote that the Emergency Operations Center noted the raid targeted Safad Al Batikh and that it killed two people and injured 17 others.

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The New Arab likewise reported that an “Israeli enemy airstrike on the town of Safad al-Battikh, in the Bint Jbeil district, resulted in two fatalities and 17 injuries.”

In contrast, Al-Manar TV Lebanon said “At least 10 injuries, including women and children” as a result of the Israeli airstrike on Safad Al-Batikh, and it did not provide the same two-fatalities figure in its excerpt.

The sources also diverge in how they describe the broader operational picture: EFE emphasizes Israeli Army claims about attacking Hezbollah infrastructure and occupying towns, while The New Arab emphasizes ceasefire violation and Hezbollah’s retaliatory targeting.

The Peninsula Qatar repeats the cumulative toll figures of 2,496 dead and 7,725 injured, while EFE adds detail about the Israeli Army’s warning to “some sixty localities” and the rationale tied to troops remaining positioned there.

Even within the same Safad al Batikh incident, the injury counts differ across outlets, with Al-Manar’s “At least 10 injuries” standing apart from the “17 injured” figure in EFE, The New Arab, and The Peninsula Qatar.

Beyond the Saturday strikes, the sources describe ongoing escalation signals and displacement warnings that extend the immediate stakes for southern Lebanon.

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EFE said the Israeli Army warned displaced residents not to return to their homes in “some sixty localities” because Israeli troops remain positioned there despite the current truce, and it framed the continued operations as aimed at eliminating a threat to soldiers and the Israeli civilian population.

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The New Arab added that Israel reissued a warning to residents not to return to dozens of south Lebanon locations within the “yellow line,” described as “around 10 kilometres (six miles) wide” along the border.

In a separate report, Al Jazeera’s account described Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs and said the Israeli army issued an urgent warning to residents of the village Sajd in southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately and relocate to the north of the Zahrani River.

Al Jazeera’s correspondent said the raids targeted the towns of al-Mansouri, Kfarreman, and Hanin, and it reported that an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Beirut’s southern suburb earlier that day.

Mont Carlo Internationale described clashes in the border town of Khiam and said Hezbollah announced direct clashes lasting for hours using “light to medium weapons and rocket fire,” while it also reported Israeli dawn airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs that destroyed parts of residential buildings “just hours before Eid al-Fitr for Lebanon’s Shia community.”

It also reported that Hezbollah said it repelled an Israeli attempt to advance toward the town hall building in Naqoura.