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At least 14 killed in Israeli air strikes across southern Lebanon
Israeli air strikes have killed at least 14 people in southern Lebanon amid fears that the continuing violence could threaten the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran.Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun said on Friday that at least 13 security personnel were killed in an Israeli air strike on a government building in the southern city of Nabatieh.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US-Iran ceasefire: Uncertainty over what’s nextlist 2 of 3Netanyahu: ‘No ceasefire in Lebanon’, Israel open to peace talkslist 3 of 3Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seatend of listIn a statement, Aoun condemned continuing Israeli attacks and said targeting state institutions would not deter Lebanon from defending its sovereignty.Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre, Lebanon, said the death toll was likely to increase as civil defence continues to search for survivors in the rubble.Israel has been launching “non-stop” strikes across southern Lebanon since the morning, said Hitto.Earlier, an Israeli air strike on the southern town of Hannawiya killed one person and wounded another, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported. NNA also said that Israeli forces destroyed residential areas in Aita al-Shaab, with additional attacks on al-Majadel in the Tyre district.Al Jazeera journalists in Lebanon reported that Israeli forces blew up homes in the town of Hanine in the south of the country.The Lebanese group Hezbollah responded by firing rockets towards towns in northern Israel, including Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Misgav Am. In a statement posted on Telegram, Hezbollah said, “These attacks would continue until the Israeli-American aggression against the country and the people stopped.”Hezbollah also said it targeted Israel’s Ashdod naval base with missiles, two days after deadly Israeli air attacks on Beirut left at least 357 people dead.The attack was in response to Israel’s “violation of the ceasefire and its repeated attacks on Beirut, and after the Resistance adhered to the ceasefire while the enemy did not”, the group said in a statement.Despite the escalation in the south, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reported a relative lull in Beirut, following Israel’s large-scale, deadly assault on Wednesday.“What we’ve noticed in the past 24 hours or so is that the tempo of Israeli strikes has been reduced, at least in the Beirut area,” Khodr said.“Yes, there’s still military activity in the south of Lebanon, but really a ...
What to Know About Israel's Strikes on Lebanon
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Israel says the truce with Iran does not cover Lebanon. But Tehran says it does, and it has threatened to pull out of peace talks unless the bombing stops.Listen · 5:21 min A rescue worker on Thursday at one of the sites in Beirut, Lebanon, that Israel bombed.Credit...Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York TimesPublished April 9, 2026Updated April 10, 2026The Israeli military said early Friday that it had struck more Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, continuing a wave of attacks that has put pressure on the fragile truce between Iran and the United States.On Wednesday alone, Israel bombed 100 sites in 10 minutes. It was the deadliest day for Lebanon since the start of the Iran war. In all, more than 1,800 people have been killed and more than a million displaced since the war began, according to the Lebanese authorities.On Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said his country would start talks with the Lebanese government about trying to disarm Hezbollah, the Iran-backed paramilitary group based there. But hours later, he insisted: “There is no cease-fire in Lebanon.”Iran says the truce does apply to Lebanon, and it has threatened not to attend peace talks in Pakistan scheduled for Saturday if the strikes continue.Why is Israel bombing Lebanon?Shortly after Israel and the United States began the war with Iran on Feb. 28, Hezbollah, in solidarity with Tehran, fired rockets across Lebanon’s southern border into Israel. That prompted the current offensive against Hezbollah, with which Israel has clashed for decades.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT
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At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes
Israel carried out a large wave of air strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday, which killed and wounded hundreds of people, while officials said the war against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah ...
