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03.06.2026 - 18:02 [ Associated Press ]

Israel kills 11 in Lebanon, a day after Trump said Israel and Hezbollah will de-escalate

(Updated 7:21 PM GMT+2, June 2, 2026)

Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed 11 people, including a man along with his son and daughter, the state-run news agency said, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and the militant group Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting.

03.06.2026 - 17:39 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Lebanese Army says soldier killed following Israeli airstrike near Nabatieh

The Lebanese Army announced that one of its soldiers was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nabatieh–Kfar Tebnit road in South Lebanon.

03.06.2026 - 13:44 [ Al Jazeera ]

‘A service to Israel’: Lebanese president warns against internal division

(June 2, 2026)

In a post by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun said Lebanon is committed to preserving peace, adding “anyone who fuels [division] provides a service to Israel”.

Aoun highlighted that Lebanon has lost more than 3,000 people during the conflict, with about one million displaced and thousands of homes destroyed.

“There is no horizon for ending this situation,” he said, adding it’s the state’s duty to protect its citizens and “there is no other option but negotiation”.

03.06.2026 - 13:28 [ NNA.Leb.gov ]

Security Update: Israeli Airstrikes Intensify Across South Lebanon; Six Killed in Housh Strike

12:15 PM

NNA – Israeli enemy warplanes on Wednesday carried out a strike on a previously threatened house in Kharayeb and launched additional raids on Shhour and Kouthariyet El-Riz, including a second strike on the latter.

In a major escalation, Israeli aircraft have so far carried out six airstrikes targeting the vicinity of the Prophet Ezekiel Shrine in the town of Blat.

The Israeli military also issued urgent evacuation warnings to residents of the towns of Jbaa, Houmine El Faouqa and Arki.

Meanwhile, a residential building on the road to Miyeh w Miyeh was evacuated after one of its residents reportedly received a phone call urging occupants to leave the premises.

Separately, Lebanon’s Health Ministry Emergency Operations Center announced that an Israeli strike on the town of Housh in the Tyre district killed six people, including four Syrian nationals and two Palestinians.

03.06.2026 - 12:51 [ Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders / Ärzte ohne Grenzen ]

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

03.06.2026 - 12:46 [ Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders / Ärzte ohne Grenzen ]

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.

01.06.2026 - 19:23 [ Middle East Eye ]

Lebanon‘s president says country has ‚no other choice‘ but to continue negotiations

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said that negotiations are „safer than war“, adding that the country has „no other choice“.

„We have seen, and continue to see, the devastation and consequences of war. Negotiations will not solve the problem overnight, but they are a process that takes time, and we have no other choice,“ Aoun told reporters.

01.06.2026 - 19:07 [ CNN ]

At least 3,433 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2, Health Ministry says

(1 hr 58 min ago)

At least 3,433 people have been killed and 10,395 have been wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in an update today.

Of that total, at least 21 were killed in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.

01.06.2026 - 19:02 [ Al Jazeera ]

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]

01.06.2026 - 19:00 [ New York Times ]

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.

31.05.2026 - 19:37 [ Middle East Eye ]

Lebanon death toll rises to 3,412 as Israeli attacks continue

Lebanon‘s Health Ministry says the death toll from Israel‘s military campaign has climbed to 3,412, with 10,269 people wounded between March 2 and May 31.

The latest figures came as Israeli attacks continued to hit civilian infrastructure across southern Lebanon. Earlier, a strike near Hiram Hospital in the city of Tyre injured 13 members of the hospital staff, according to Lebanon‘s National News Agency, citing the Health Ministry.

The ministry said the attack caused “serious damage” to the hospital, which had already suffered damage in previous Israeli strikes.

31.05.2026 - 19:28 [ Al Jazeera ]

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.

31.05.2026 - 19:26 [ Al Mayadeen English / Youtube ]

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.

31.05.2026 - 19:02 [ The New Arab / Youtube ]

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.

30.05.2026 - 20:14 [ Middle East Eye ]

Lebanon death toll climbs to 3,371 as Israeli strikes continue

Lebanon‘s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks killed 16 people and wounded 34 others over the past 24 hours, adding to the mounting toll from the conflict.

The ministry said the number of people killed in Lebanon since hostilities escalated on March 2 has now reached 3,371, while the total number of wounded has risen to 10,129.

29.05.2026 - 17:15 [ Bastille Post ]

Lebanese death toll from Israeli strikes rises to 3,324 since March 2

The Lebanese death toll from Israeli strikes has risen to 3,324 since March 2, Lebanon‘s Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday, as Israeli strikes intensified across southern Lebanon.

Another 10,027 people have been wounded since March 2, according to the ministry.

28.05.2026 - 13:36 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israeli military launches strike on Beirut

28 May 2026 12:21 BST

The Israeli army said on Thursday that it has carried out further attacks on Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut, following earlier strikes in southern Lebanon which have killed at least 13 people.

A Lebanese security source said the strike hit an area near Beirut’s southern suburbs, but it was not immediately clear what the target was.

28.05.2026 - 13:35 [ NNA-Leb.gov ]

Israeli drone over Beirut‘s suburbs

11:47 AM

NNA – Israeli drones are circling continuously over Beirut‘s southern suburb area this morning.

27.05.2026 - 17:11 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iran war day 89: Lebanon strikes kill 31 as ceasefire tensions rise

Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon killed at least 31 people and wounded 40 others on Tuesday, as Israeli forces intensified strikes and issued dozens of displacement orders for towns and villages in the country’s south and east.

Panic spread across southern Lebanon as residents fled the escalating assault, with Israeli ground forces reportedly pushing deeper into Lebanese territory amid fears of a wider offensive.

26.05.2026 - 11:29 [ Wafa.ps ]

Death toll from Israeli aggression on Lebanon rises to 3,185

BEIRUT, May 25, 2026 (WAFA) – The Emergency Operations Center of the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on Lebanon between March 2 and May 25 has reached 3,185, in addition to 9,633 injured.

26.05.2026 - 11:02 [ Al Jazeera ]

Heavy Israeli bombardment across southern Lebanon

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports the towns of Arnoun, Yohmor al-Shaqif, Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun are under heavy artillery bombardment by Israeli forces, also reaching the vicinity of the Beaufort Castle in Nabatieh district…..

25.05.2026 - 11:03 [ BreakingTheNews.net ]

Lebanon says death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 3,151

The Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday the death toll from Israeli attacks in Lebanon has risen to 3,151, with 9,571 people wounded since the latest escalation began on March 2.

According to figures published on Sunday, 28 people were killed and 65 injured over the previous 24 hours. The ministry also said 123 healthcare workers have been killed and 301 wounded in 151 attacks targeting ambulance crews and medical personnel.

25.05.2026 - 10:54 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Lebanon says Israeli strike Saturday killed 11, including six women, child

„The Israeli enemy strike on the town of Sir al-Gharbiyeh in the Nabatieh district resulted in a massacre whose final toll is 11 dead including a child and six women, and nine wounded including four children and a woman,“ the ministry said in a statement.

23.05.2026 - 07:38 [ Al Jazeera ]

Rashida Tlaib decries ‘mass murder’ in Lebanon as death toll mounts

“This mass murder must end,” Tlaib said in a post on X.

“The US is not a bystander in the Israeli military’s brutal invasion of Lebanon–it is an active participant,” she said.

“I will force a vote in Congress to immediately end all US participation in this illegal and immoral war on Lebanon.”

23.05.2026 - 07:32 [ LBCI Lebanon ]

Lebanon‘s Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed 3,111 since March 2

Lebanon‘s Public Health Emergency Operations Center announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks on the country since March 2 has risen to 3,111 killed and 9,432 wounded as of May 22.

20.05.2026 - 08:29 [ TRTWorld.com ]

Lebanon death toll tops 3,000 as Israeli attacks continue despite truce

(May 18, 2026)

Since the war began on March 2, more than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon, the country‘s health ministry reported in its latest casualty toll on Monday.

Reignited by the US-Israeli war on Iran, hostilities between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel have rumbled on since US President Donald Trump first announced a ceasefire on April 16, with fighting mostly contained to southern Lebanon.

18.05.2026 - 23:53 [ Al Jazeera ]

Hezbollah says fired surface-to-air missile at Israeli warplane

The Lebanese armed group has said that its forces “confronted an Israeli warplane in the airspace of the western sector” at 14:15 local time with a surface-to-air missile.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.