Israeli Airstrikes Kill Three in Southern Lebanon as Hezbollah Attacks Continue

Israeli airstrikes hit villages across southern Lebanon on Thursday, with Lebanese media saying bombardment swept the Nabatieh and Tyre districts, including the heights of Ali al-Taher and towns of Yohmor al-Shaqif, Kfartebnit, and Jebshit.

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Shafaq News said no casualties were reported in those areas, but it added that additional shelling struck Arnoun, Froun, and Zibdin, killing three people and wounding five others.

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In the same reporting, Hezbollah continued attacks on Israeli forces deployed in the region, while the Israeli army disclosed it carried out around 65 operations in southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours, claiming more than 20 Hezbollah operatives were killed.

Shafaq News also said Lebanese authorities documented more than 8,500 Israeli raids since March 2, and that the Health Ministry put the toll at 2,896 people killed and 8,824 wounded, including women and children.

On the Israeli side, the army confirmed four soldiers were wounded in a drone explosion near Ras al-Naqoura, including one in critical condition, and said 910 soldiers had been injured during ground operations in southern Lebanon.

In northern Israel, Haaretz reported that an explosive drone struck the parking lot of Rosh Hanikra National Park, leaving one person in critical condition and two others moderately and lightly wounded.

The Jerusalem Post said two civilians were seriously injured and one other was lightly injured after an explosive drone struck Rosh Hanikra on Thursday, and it added that the wounded were evacuated to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya.

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The IDF confirmed the drone was launched by Hezbollah and called the incident "a blatant violation" of the ceasefire understandings between Israel and the Iran-backed group, while Avigdor Liberman criticized the government’s handling of the northern front.

Liberman said, "The lawlessness in the North continues, creating a reality in which explosive drones are attacking not only IDF soldiers in Lebanon, but also civilians inside the State of Israel," and he added, "This lawlessness must be stopped immediately."

The Jerusalem Post also tied the drone incident to the broader exchange of strikes, noting it came shortly after the IDF said it had begun striking Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon.

In Tyre district, L'Orient-Le Jour said the Israeli army suspended its planned strike on a building in Yanouh after the Lebanese army and UNIFIL searched the site.

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UNIFIL spokesperson Kandice Ardiel told the outlet that the Blue Helmets did not enter any building and that they reminded Israeli forces that striking would be a violation of Resolution 1701.

The Lebanese army found no weapons in the building, and L'Orient-Le Jour reported that the Lebanese army completed the search and was preparing to leave the premises soon, while village sources said the building contained no weapons.

The outlet also quoted Yanouh mayor Ali Youssef Jaber saying the army entered the threatened house again and conducted another interior search "in my capacity as mayor Ali Youssef Jaber, Yanouh mayor," and he added that the army was trying to avoid a potential catastrophe because the house has three floors and houses three families.

Heidar Haidar, the Yanouh house owner, rejected that the army receive multiple calls asking it to search the house repeatedly, and L'Orient-Le Jour said the force left the scene after a second search with no weapons found inside.