The forced expulsion of Ain Arab—where Israeli soldiers went door to door, forcing residents from their homes at gunpoint—was a striking example of the Israeli military’s campaign to ethnically cleanse villages across southern Lebanon. Human rights advocates and locals told Drop Site they hadn’t heard of a similar incident occurring in this latest phase of the war—the Israeli military typically bombs and shells areas to forcibly displace residents. Over 1.2 million people have been displaced in Lebanon since March 2, and many have no idea if or when they will be able to return to their homes.
Archiv: Militäroffensiven / military offensives
Libanon: Tote, Verletzte und gravierende Schäden am Krankenhaus nach israelischem Luftangriff in Sour
Ärzte ohne Grenzen verurteilt den Luftangriff der israelischen Armee am 1. Juni in der Nähe des Dschabal-Amel-Krankenhauses in Sour. Nach Angaben des Gesundheitsministeriums sind bislang vier Menschen getötet und 127 verletzt worden, darunter 39 Mitarbeitende des Krankenhauses, das von Ärzte ohne Grenzen unterstützt wird.
Vier der verletzten Mitarbeitenden befinden sich in kritischem Zustand und werden auf der Intensivstation behandelt. Die Gesamtzahl der Toten und Verletzten könnte noch steigen, aus den Trümmern werden noch immer Menschen geborgen.
Der Angriff verursachte schwere Schäden am Dschabal-Amel-Krankenhaus, unter anderem an der stationären Abteilung, der Radiologie und der Intensivstation. Die Wand eines Operationssaals wurde schwer beschädigt, und das medizinische Team musste die Hälfte der Patient*innen von der Intensivstation verlegen, um ihre Sicherheit zu gewährleisten
Southern Lebanon: Death, injury and significant damage after Israeli airstrike in Sour (Tyre)
MSF condemns the airstrike carried out by the Israeli army on the evening of 1 June in the vicinity of Jabal Amel Hospital, which we support, in Sour (Tyre). According to the Ministry of Public Health, the attack has so far resulted in four deaths and 127 injuries, including 39 hospital staff. Among the injured staff, four are in critical condition and remain under treatment in intensive care. Bodies are still being recovered from the rubble, and the total number of dead and injured could still rise.
The strike caused severe damage to Jabal Amel Hospital itself, including its inpatient department, radiology department and intensive care unit. One wall of an operating room has been severely damaged, leaving a large hole, and the medical team had to urgently transfer half of the remaining patients in the intensive care unit to another ward to ensure their safety.
Israeli defence minister says operations in southern Lebanon to continue
(June 2, 2026)
Israel Katz says military operations in southern Lebanon will continue under all circumstances.
Photos: People flee Beirut’s southern suburbs after Netanyahu orders attacks
Traffic crawls as people try to leave the southern suburbs of Beirut [Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]
Netanyahu Orders Israeli Military to Attack Beirut Suburbs
The announcement by Mr. Netanyahu prompted thousands of residents to flee their homes, clogging the roads out of the area late Monday morning. For many residents, the sudden exodus has become a miserable routine over nearly three years of conflicts between Hezbollah and Israel.
“I lost count of how many times I’ve evacuated,” said Zahra Khomasi, 43, as she sat in her car in Tayouneh on the outskirts of Dahiya.
Israeli airstrikes devastate Lebanon’s Tyre
(today)
Video from southern Lebanon shows widespread destruction after Israel repeatedly bombed the city of Tyre. Multiple strikes, including one that hit a residential building with several missiles, targeted densely populated neighbourhoods that had largely been emptied after Israel issued forced displacement orders.
Massive destruction in Tyre, Lebanon‘s ‚Queen of the Seas‘, following brutal Israeli strikes
(May 30, 2026)
An entire neighborhood in Tyre, South Lebanon, has been massively damaged as the Israeli aggression intensifies.
Massive Israeli strikes on residential area in Tyre
(May 28, 2026)
Israel launched heavy strikes on residential areas in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre early Thursday morning, hours after Israel declared large parts of south Lebanon “combat zones” and issued forced ‚evacuation‘ orders.
Kämpfe im Libanon: Israels Armee meldet Einnahme der Burg Beaufort
Israelische Soldaten seien „auf den Gipfel von Beaufort zurückgekehrt und haben dort erneut die israelische Flagge gehisst“, erklärte Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz. Er bezog sich dabei auf die frühere Einnahme der Burg durch Israel im Libanonkrieg 1982. Israelische Truppen hatten die Kreuzfahrerburg damals eingenommen und als Stützpunkt genutzt. Erst im Jahr 2000 bei ihrem Abzug aus dem Libanon zogen sie sich von dort wieder zurück.
Israel seizes strategic castle as it expands invasion of south Lebanon
Beaufort Castle, known in Arabic as Qalaat al-Shaqif, is a strategic vantage point overlooking large parts of southern Lebanon and northern Israel. It is located about 5km from the major southern city of Nabatieh.
Israeli troops previously captured the castle in 1982 and held it until they withdrew from Lebanon in 2000.
Israeli soldiers reach Nabatieh, one of southern Lebanon’s biggest cities
(May 30, 2026)
Israel’s military has advanced beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon for the first time since 2006 and appear poised to encircle the major city of Nabatieh.
Israeli forces cross key Lebanon river in expanded ground offensive
(Updated 15 hours ago)
The military said this week it had expanded ground operations beyond a security zone its troops have occupied since April 16. During a visit to the Israel-Lebanon border on Friday, Netanyahu said troops had pushed even further, past the Litani River that cuts east-west around 30 km (19 miles) into southern Lebanon.
Trump’s abrupt U-turn on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz came after backlash from allies
(May 6, 2026)
Trump surprised Gulf allies by announcing “Project Freedom” on social media Sunday afternoon, the officials said, angering leadership in Saudi Arabia. In response, the Kingdom informed the U.S. it would not allow the U.S. military to fly aircraft from Prince Sultan Airbase southeast of Riyadh or fly through Saudi airspace to support the effort, the officials said.
A call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman did not resolve the issue, the two U.S. officials said, forcing the president to pause Project Freedom in order to restore U.S. military access to the critical airspace.
Ex-US general explains why reopening Strait of Hormuz is harder than blocking Iran’s ports
Clark also said that Iran is aware of the strategic value of the Strait of Hormuz in negotiations: “More useful than a nuclear weapon. And they’ve used it,” he said. “And they don’t believe we have an answer for it.”
He added, “They know we don’t want to commit ground troops. They know we don’t want to take losses. We don’t want to get our ships close enough to be hit by their missiles … so this is a real tough military problem. That’s unfortunate because that’s driving their stance in the negotiations.”
A U.S. Ground Invasion of Iran Would Face 1 Million Troops, 4,000 Tanks, and Mountains That Favor the Defenders
As is often the case in large-scale military operations, logistics are crucial to success. Preparing, staging, and deploying a large, mechanized ground force is a massive and difficult undertaking, and in this case, the favorable points of entry are most likely Turkish territory or the ocean. It seems unlikely the United States could stage an invasion force in Iraq.
To say the prospective operation is “high-risk” might be an understatement. Any concentration of U.S. forces would immediately offer a target for Iran’s remaining precision-guided ballistic missiles.
US deploys Additional Warships to Middle East for possible Ground Assault Inside Iran
A report by Washington Post said the Pentagon is weighing bold military actions, including raids on Kharg Island and strategic coastal targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
The moves stop short of a full invasion, but the stakes could not be higher. The plans involve elite special operations forces alongside conventional infantry, putting American troops directly in the line of fire against Iranian drones, missile systems, and ground defenses.
Ground Troops, Airstrikes, and Displacement: No Guarantee of Safety in Lebanon With Relentless Israeli Assaults
(March 9, 2026)
Since the escalation began last week, Israeli attacks have killed at least 486 people in Lebanon—including 83 children—and wounded more than 1,313 others, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. “On average, more than 10 children have been killed every day across Lebanon over the past week, with approximately 36 children injured each day,” UNICEF said in a statement.
Sweeping displacement orders issued by the Israeli military have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes. After ordering everyone south of the Litani River to flee north on March 4, the Israeli military issued a displacement order for all of Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiye—home to approximately 700,000 people—causing panic and traffic jams across the capital. Evacuation orders have also been issued for parts of the Bekaa Valley.
US launches military operations in Ecuador
After the operation to capture Maduro, Trump did not rule out using military force against targets in other countries in the name of combatting drug trafficking. The expectation, however, had been that Trump would conduct strikes in Mexico and Colombia, both of which have a more significant role in the drug trade.
Chaos und Gewalt nach Tod von Drogenboss in Mexiko
El Mencho war am Sonntag bei einem Einsatz mexikanischer Soldaten gefasst worden und erlag kurz darauf seinen Verletzungen. Er war der meistgesuchte Verbrecher des Landes, die USA hatten auf ihn eine Belohnung von 15 Millionen Dollar ausgesetzt. Das von ihm gegründete Kartell gehört zu den mächtigsten und brutalsten Mexikos. Zehntausende Menschen hat es getötet oder verschwinden lassen. Es verfügt über moderne Waffen wie gepanzerte Fahrzeuge oder Raketenwerfer.
A day after the Mexican military killed a drug lord, security forces keep up fight with cartel
Meanwhile, heavily armed Mexican security forces kept up their battle with cartel gunmen following the killing that sparked a surge in violence and put the country on edge. Cartel fighters continued to block roads as smoke rose on the outskirts of the town in the state of Jalisco.
More than 70 people died in the attempt to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and the aftermath, authorities said Monday. Known as „El Mencho,“ he was the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico.
Syrian government announces ceasefire with SDF: State media
The Syrian government and SDF have agreed to an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, with SDF forces to withdraw to east of Euphrates, state media outlet SANA is reporting.
Syrian army gains ground as Kurdish forces withdraw from key oil field
Government troops drove Kurdish forces from two Aleppo neighbourhoods following clashes last week, and on Saturday announced they had captured an area east of the city, as well as Tabqa, in Raqqa province, on the southwestern bank of the Euphrates.
At dawn on Sunday, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) withdrew „from all areas under its control in the eastern Deir Ezzor countryside, including the al-Omar and Tanak oil fields“, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Al-Omar is the country‘s largest oil field, and was home to the biggest US base in Syria.
Trump: We Are in Venezuela Now, and We Are Going to Stay
Trump claimed Washington would pay for the occupation of Venezuela with profits from the country’s oil.
Trump‘s vow to ‚run‘ Venezuela, sell oil, part of plan to dominate Western Hemisphere
But Trump‘s framing of the issue appeared to quickly expand when he stunned observers by saying the U.S. was going to „run the country“ temporarily, even if that involved troops on the ground, that American companies would soon start selling the country‘s vast oil reserves, and that it was part of an overall strategy of U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
LIVE: Fighting breaks out in eastern Yemen along border with Saudi Arabia
Fighting has broken out in Yemen’s Hadramout province that borders Saudi Arabia, between forces loyal to the region’s Saudi-backed governor and the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC).
Kremlin’s military goals in Ukraine will be met, Putin says at annual news conference
(December 19, 2025)
Putin, 73, has ruled the country for 25 years and uses the event to cement his power and air his views on domestic and global affairs during a broadcast that mixes criticism of the West with promises of more social payments. Although he is sometimes asked about his personal life, he gives scant details.
This year, the news conference took place against the backdrop of a peace plan in Ukraine put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump. Despite the extensive diplomatic push, Washington’s efforts have run into sharply conflicting demands from Moscow and Kyiv.