Israeli occupation forces escalated their aerial and ground attacks on various areas in southern Lebanon, resulting in the martyrdom of at least 15 people, including a Lebanese army soldier and a local official. These raids come amid the occupation's continued violation of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect in mid-April, amidst international silence regarding the ongoing escalation.
In field details, occupation drones committed a massacre in the southern town of Zebdine, where they targeted a group of citizens with two guided missiles while they were near the town's cemetery, leading to the immediate martyrdom of 6 people. According to local sources, ambulance teams are still working to recover victims from under the rubble in several areas subjected to concentrated shelling, especially in the universities district in the city of Nabatieh.
Israeli assassinations targeted local cadres, as the deputy head of the Jannata municipality, Ahmed Al-Husseini, was martyred in a raid that targeted the area between the towns of Maaroub and Al-Humeiri. The Lebanese army also officially announced the martyrdom of one of its soldiers along with members of his family, following an airstrike that directly targeted their home in the town of Kafr Rumman, which raises the pace of direct targeting of the military establishment.
In the town of Toul, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that an Israeli raid led to the martyrdom of 4 people and the injury of 13 others with varying degrees of wounds, including 5 children who were in the vicinity of the targeted site. Other raids spread to include the towns of Qana, Qlayaa, and Bazourieh, where an Israeli drone targeted a civilian car in Qlayaa, leading to the martyrdom of an additional person and the complete burning of the vehicle.
For its part, the Israeli occupation army admitted the killing of one of its soldiers and the injury of another during clashes that took place this morning in the border area south of Lebanon. The occupation army claimed in a statement that its aircraft attacked buildings and sites belonging to Hezbollah, claiming that these operations come in response to security threats from within Lebanese territory.
In response to these attacks, Hezbollah announced the implementation of a series of military operations targeting gatherings of occupation soldiers in the town of Shama and the Blat border site. The party confirmed in its statements the use of kamikaze drones and unmanned aerial vehicles to achieve confirmed casualties among Israeli forces, stressing that these operations come in defense of Lebanese villages that are subjected to systematic destruction.
In a related context, the occupation authorities continued their policy of forced displacement, renewing their warnings to residents of 15 villages in the south of the necessity of immediate evacuation and moving more than one kilometer away. The warnings included the villages of Jibshit, Haboush, Harouf, and Nabatieh Al-Fawqa, in a step considered by observers as a prelude to expanding the scope of ground operations and destroying what remains of the infrastructure in those areas.
Field sources reported that patrols belonging to the occupation army infiltrated the border town of Ain Arab, and asked residents via loudspeakers to leave their homes within a period not exceeding two hours. These movements fall within the occupation's attempts to impose a new geographical reality in the area known as the 'Yellow Line', amidst fears of widespread bulldozing operations of homes and farms.
On the humanitarian front, the Lebanese Ministry of Health revealed an increase in the total number of victims of the aggression since the beginning of last March to 2586 martyrs and more than 8,000 injured. These figures reflect the magnitude of the humanitarian catastrophe experienced by Lebanon, amidst direct targeting of civilians, medical teams, and public facilities in various southern and Beqaa governorates.
In the capital Beirut, dozens of local officials and residents of border villages organized a massive protest to denounce the widespread bombing operations carried out by the occupation forces. Participants raised banners affirming their attachment to the land and reconstruction, no matter the extent of the destruction, considering what is happening as an attempt to erase the urban and social identity of the Lebanese villages adjacent to the border.
The head of the Naqoura municipality, Ibrahim Hamza, described the situation in his village as tragic, pointing out that the occupation had demolished all houses and left nothing that could be returned to at present. Hamza added that Israeli bulldozing operations are continuing inside the villages, making the return of displaced persons impossible in light of the direct military presence of the occupation within residential neighborhoods.
For his part, the Mukhtar of Bint Jbeil city confirmed that the percentage of destruction in the city exceeded 75%, describing what is happening as 'systematic extermination' targeting humans, stones, and trees alike. He pointed out that the occupation is uprooting ancient trees and blowing up entire neighborhoods, with the aim of transforming border cities into uninhabitable areas devoid of any urban features.
According to a report issued by the National Center for Scientific Research in Lebanon, more than 50,000 housing units have been damaged or destroyed as a result of Israeli military operations during the last six weeks. This statistic illustrates the enormous material losses incurred by the housing sector, which places the Lebanese government and the international community before major challenges in the file of shelter and reconstruction.
Israeli raids continue to target the towns of Bustiyat, Houmin Al-Fawqa, Arabsalim, and Dibbin, amidst intensive overflights by reconnaissance and warplanes in the southern skies. Sources confirm that the shelling does not distinguish between military and civilian targets, as the targeting has affected places of worship, cemeteries, and municipal buildings, as part of the 'scorched earth' policy pursued by the occupation.
What is happening in Bint Jbeil is systematic extermination and destruction of trees and people, and no sign of life remains in the city.
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Massacre in Zebdine and targeting of local officials.. 15 martyrs in continuous Israeli aggression on Lebanon