Israeli Bombardment in Lebanon Raises Civilian Death Toll to 20

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes in Southern Lebanon Leave 20 Civilians Dead

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09 May, 2026 07:36

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes in Southern Lebanon Leave 20 Civilians Dead

At least twenty people, including a civil defense rescuer, have been martyred after Israeli aerial raids targeted a number of areas in southern Lebanon, despite a ceasefire between the Beirut government and the Tel Aviv regime.

The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement that an Israeli airstrike killed four people, including two women, and injured eight others in the town of Toura in the Tyre district on Friday.

Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that rescue operations were still going on in order to recover a girl trapped beneath the rubble.

According to the report, Lebanese Red Cross teams have discovered the bodies of two young men after an Israeli assault struck the town of Blat in the Marjayoun district.

NNA added that Israeli strikes also hit other districts in southern Lebanon, namely Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil, and Sison. The attacks claimed the lives of several people in various towns and villages.

The General Directorate of Civil Defense stated that a civil defense member was killed after an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle targeted a car as it was traveling along a road connecting Kfarchuba to Kfarhamam in the Hasbaya district.

The Lebanese Health Ministry said 50 people were killed in the past 24 hours in Israeli strikes against southern Lebanon.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military’s Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, issued evacuation orders aimed at residents of the towns and villages of Nmairiyeh, Tayr Felsay, Hallousiyyeh, Upper Hallousiyyeh, Toura, and Maarakeh in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli army also said two soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, after a drone launched by Hezbollah fighters hit an area in the northern side of the occupied territories.

The Lebanese resistance movement said it conducted a string of attacks in the past 24 hours, targeting the positions of Israeli occupation troops in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah launched missiles at a military base in the northern part of the occupied lands, and targeted an army vehicle in the town of Deir Siryan, as well as Israeli troops on the road to Adshit al-Qusayr.

Lebanon and the Israeli regime extended their ceasefire for three weeks after a high-level meeting at the White House, US President Donald Trump said on April 23.

Nearly 2,500 people have been killed ⁠in Lebanon since the Israeli regime went on the offensive following Hezbollah’s March 2 operation, according to Lebanese authorities.

Israel is occupying a belt of the south that extends 5 to 10 kilometers into Lebanon. The Israeli regime’s military reiterated a warning to residents of southern Lebanon not to cross into the area.