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22.08.2026 - 16:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon

In 2024, images and footage shared by Human Rights Watch showed the munitions hitting residential buildings in the southern Lebanese border villages of Kafr Kila, Mays al-Jabal, Boustane, Markaba, and Aita al-Chaab.

Inhalation of white phosphorus fumes can cause respiratory injuries and asphyxiation, and inflict second- and third-degree burns to the skin.

In 2023, HRW revealed that Israeli forces had used the weapon on the densely populated Gaza Strip and on two rural areas along the Israel-Lebanon border.

19.08.2026 - 19:14 [ Anadolu ]

Blast kills 2 in southern Lebanon‘s Mayfadoun amid ongoing Israel attacks: News agency

At least two people were killed on Wednesday when the town of Mayfadoun was rocked by an explosion amid ongoing Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon that have included airstrikes, artillery barrages and ground incursions.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) attributed the explosion to a “suspicious object” left behind from a previous Israeli attack.

NNA also reported that a fire had broken out in the nearby town of Mansouri after an Israeli drone dropped explosive ordnance in the area.

16.08.2026 - 12:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Lebanese officials ‘have lost all leverage’ after putting ‘all their eggs in the US-Israeli basket’

The Lebanese government has been left at the “mercy” of the US and Israel after signing on to the Washington-brokered framework agreement, argues Ziad Abu Rish, an associate professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Bard College in the US state of New York.

He noted that Zawthar al-Gharbiya remains the only village Israeli forces have withdrawn from under the framework agreement and Israel has since publicly declared it is no longer interested in creating additional withdrawal zones.

16.08.2026 - 12:23 [ Al Jazeera ]

Photos: Aftermath of Israel’s deadly strikes in south Lebanon

A man reacts amid the rubble of a destroyed home that was hit by an Israeli air strike in the village of Ansar, southern Lebanon, Saturday [Mohammed Zaatari/AP]

15.08.2026 - 20:24 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Deadly dawn in south Lebanon: 11 killed in Israeli strikes on Ansar and Deir el-Zahrani

Since 3:30 a.m., southern Lebanon has woken up to one of the deadliest days since the large-scale fighting ended last June.

Inside a house in Ansar, two families who had been displaced from their areas during the previous war were seeking shelter in what they hoped would be a safer location.

The strike killed seven people, including children and two women, and wounded others, turning their displacement from war into death in a place of refuge.

The strike on Ansar was not the only attack.

02.08.2026 - 18:26 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Army: Five military personnel wounded in Israeli strike targeting army vehicle in Kafra

NNA – Army Command – Orientation Directorate announced in a statement that five military personnel sustained minor injuries in the town of Kafra (Bint Jbeil district) due to an Israeli strike while an army vehicle was escorting local residents.https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2080728745401368913?s=46

01.08.2026 - 23:32 [ NPR.org ]

Lebanese who fled the Israeli invasion visit to see what‘s left

Hamadi says the Basma family, who lived just across a lane from them in a neighborhood called the Nuns‘ Quarter, was killed in an airstrike in March — the parents along with all four of their children. The impact collapsed the house on top of them and two of the children — ages around 8 and 11 — are still under the rubble, she says.

„Now when I look at the neighborhood they are the only ones I can think about,“ she says.

She says in a quiet area full of older people, the family‘s four children brought life to the neighborhood. „They were the ones who made all the noise and activity,“ she says.

Hammadi says she used to drink coffee with the mother, who was in her late 30s. She would talk about waiting for her children to grow up.

„They were wonderful people,“ she says. „Now there‘s no one left from the family.“

27.07.2026 - 19:30 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Army: Israeli forces continue attacks, violations of ceasefire understandings & international law

NNA – Lebanese Army Command said that Israeli forces continue to carry out attacks and violate existing ceasefire understandings and international law through the systematic destruction of homes, shelling, machine-gun fire, land bulldozing, and the burning of olive groves and agricultural land across several areas in southern Lebanon.

In an issued statement by the Army‘s Orientation Directorate on Sunday, it indicated that the Israeli forces have demolished a water facility belonging to the Litani River Authority in Markaba and opened fire near army positions in Kfartebnit, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, and Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, disrupting its operations.

25.07.2026 - 16:45 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

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18.07.2026 - 06:39 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 4,324 martyrs, 12,224 wounded

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 16 has reached 4324 martyrs and 12224 wounded.

09.07.2026 - 23:57 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 4,321 martyrs, 12,204 wounded

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 9 has reached 4,321 martyrs and 12,204 wounded.

07.07.2026 - 22:57 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 4319 martyrs, 12203 wounded

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to July 6 has reached to 4319 martyrs and 12203 wounded

04.07.2026 - 23:50 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

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04.07.2026 - 23:44 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Aggression Overall Toll: 4303 martyrs, 12202 wounded

NNA – Ministry of Public Health‘s Emergency Operations Center announced Saturday that the cumulative toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli attacks since March 2 to-date has risen to 4,303 martyrs and 12,202 injured.

02.07.2026 - 23:22 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Health Ministry: Death Toll Since March 2 Rises to 4,297

NNA – Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said the cumulative toll from the Israeli aggression between March 2 and July 1 has reached 4,297 killed and 12,196 injured, according to the ministry’s Emergency Operations Center.

02.07.2026 - 07:45 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Health Ministry: Death Toll Since March 2 Rises to 4,297

NNA – Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said the cumulative toll from the Israeli aggression between March 2 and July 1 has reached 4,297 killed and 12,196 injured, according to the ministry’s Emergency Operations Center.

29.06.2026 - 18:45 [ Al Jazeera ]

Lebanon army chief, US CENTCOM commander meet

General Rodolph Haykal received Admiral Brad Cooper and a military delegation at his office in Yarze town south of Beirut, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reports.

The two discussed the latest developments in war-torn Lebanon and the wider Middle East, as well as ways to strengthen future cooperation between the two armies.

Haykal expressed gratitude for US support saying “the necessity of continued cooperation between the two armies in a way that preserves Lebanon’s security and stability”.

29.06.2026 - 12:34 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Aggression toll: 4247 martyrs, 12195 wounded

NNA – The Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center stated on Sunday that the cumulative toll of the aggression from March 2nd to June 28th reached: 4,247 martyrs and 12,195 wounded.

29.06.2026 - 12:28 [ Abna24.com ]

Lebanon Death Toll from Israeli Aggression Reaches 4,247: Health Ministry

The death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,247, with 12,195 people injured, as strikes continue across various areas of the country.

25.06.2026 - 17:23 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 4230 martyrs, 12179 wounded

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total toll of the aggression from March 2 to June 25 has reached 4230 martyrs and 12179 wounded.

22.06.2026 - 21:09 [ Times of Israel ]

Report: Netanyahu ‘in panic’ over new US-Iran Lebanon oversight mechanism; US official denies Israel excluded

US Vice President JD Vance said earlier today that a new “deconfliction mechanism” was established during yesterday’s talks in Burgenstock. According to an earlier Channel 12 report, the new arrangement would replace the one brokered in 2024 under the Biden administration, which included Israel, Lebanon, the US, France, and the UN, with a new body being made up of the US, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar, and Pakistan.

22.06.2026 - 20:19 [ Al Jazeera ]

Increasing death toll in Lebanon from Israeli attacks

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says at least 4,175 people have been killed and 12,164 wounded from Israeli attacks across Lebanon since March 2.

20.06.2026 - 17:40 [ Middle East Eye ]

Lebanon’s death toll surpasses 4,000 after 83 killed on Friday

Lebanon‘s health ministry said on Saturday that Israeli attacks since 2 March have killed more than 4,000 people, including 135 health and emergency workers, and wounded 12,121 others.

The latest figures came after the final death toll from Israeli strikes on Friday rose to 83, with 141 wounded.

20.06.2026 - 17:28 [ NNA.Leb.gov ]

MoPH: 83 martyrs, 141 wounded in Friday‘s raids

(38 min ago)

NNA – The Ministry of Public Health‘s Emergency Operations Center issued a statement on Saturday, announcing that the intense Israeli airstrikes on June 19 resulted in a final toll of 83 martyrs and 141 wounded, as follows:

20.06.2026 - 15:16 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: 7 martyrs, 13 wounded in initial toll of Qanarit raid

(17 minutes ago)

NNA – Public Health Ministry‘s Emergency Operations Center stated that the Israeli raid on the town of Qanarit, Sidon district, resulted in an initial toll of 7 martyrs and 13 wounded, including 5 children and 5 women.

20.06.2026 - 15:06 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Sohmor airstrike toll: 4 martyrs, one injured, child trapped under rubble as rescue efforts continue

(50 min ago)

National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the town of Sohmor in the Western Bekaa region while a family was inside, resulting in four martyrs and one injured.

Rescue teams are continuing search-and-recovery operations, as a child remains trapped under the rubble and efforts are underway to reach him.

20.06.2026 - 15:03 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Civil Defense evacuates 47 residents, transfers 16 martyrs & 12 injured following attacks on Nabatieh

(55 minutes ago)

Civil Defense General Directorate announced that its teams from various centers across the Nabatieh regional district have been conducting evacuation, rescue, and medical transport operations since the morning in response to ongoing attacks targeting the area.

According to an official statement, Civil Defense personnel evacuated 47 residents to safer locations and transported 16 martyrs and 12 injured to hospitals.

20.06.2026 - 14:57 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Israeli airstrikes kill Lebanese soldier and hit multiple areas in South Lebanon

(5 hours ago)

NNA – A Lebanese Army soldier was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Kfarremane roundabout. The enemy also struck the center of Sohmur, resulting in injuries, while another airstrike targeted Shibl in Qatrani, in the Jezzine area.

20.06.2026 - 14:54 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Israeli airstrikes and shelling target Southern Lebanon

(6 hours ago)

NNA – Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on the Jbour area in Kfarhouna, in the Jezzine district.

Israeli fighter jets also struck the town of Barish in the Tyre district, while another airstrike targeted the town of Borj Qalaouiyeh, coinciding with intensive drone activity over the western and central sectors of southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened machine-gun fire toward the outskirts of Al-Mansouri, and the outskirts of Majdal Zoun came under artillery shelling.

In a separate attack, an Israeli drone carried out an airstrike on the town of Deir Qanoun Ras Al-Ain.

20.06.2026 - 14:50 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health: Death Toll Rises to 3,980, Injuries Surpass 12,000

(20 hours ago)

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced that the cumulative toll from the ongoing hostilities since March 2 has reached 3,980 fatalities and 12,001 injuries as of June 19.

The figures reflect the overall impact of the conflict across affected areas of Lebanon, according to the ministry’s latest update.

19.06.2026 - 15:00 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

MoPH: Cumulative toll of aggression since March 2 reached 3,912 martyrs, 11,873 wounded

NNA – The Emergency Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health issued a statement this afternoon, indicating that the total cumulative toll of the aggression from March 2nd to June 18 has reached 3,912 martyrs and 11,873 wounded.

19.06.2026 - 14:56 [ Middle East Eye ]

Fresh Israeli assaults on southern and eastern Lebanon, death toll rises to 18

The latest Israeli air strikes targeted several areas in southern Lebanon and Beqaa valley, located east of the country.

The ministry of health reported that the death toll has risen to at least 18 since Israel began its attacks early on Friday. More than 33 others have also been wounded as a result.

17.06.2026 - 19:56 [ Al Jazeera ]

Trump hails Russia, China for being ‘neutral’ on Iran

Trump has thanked China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s ⁠Vladimir Putin for being “neutral” during the US-Israel war on Iran.

“I just want to thank them because they made it ⁠a lot better,” Trump said, adding that China was “terrific” and made efforts to help settle the conflict.

17.06.2026 - 19:22 [ Middle East Eye ]

Death toll in Lebanon reaches 3,826 as Israeli strikes continue

(June 16, 2026)

Lebanon’s health ministry has revised the death toll in Lebanon on Tuesday to 3,826, with 11,851 wounded since the conflict began on 2 March.

17.06.2026 - 18:41 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Israeli drone drops sound grenade on outskirts of Hadatha town in Bint Jbeil district

NNA – National News Agency correspondent reported that an Israeli drone dropped a sound grenade toward a group of young men on the outskirts of the town of Haddatha, in the Bint Jbeil district.