In light of the daily Israeli bombing of areas adjacent to the border in southern Lebanon for nearly two weeks after the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation carried out by Hamas in Israel, this bombing on the night of Wednesday-Thursday, October 26, 2023, caused a major fire in the town of Alma Al-Shaab, which spread to the vicinity of a number of homes and firefighting teams were unable to contain it quickly.

In the morning, the town's residents appealed to "UNIFIL forces, the Lebanese Army, and Civil Defense to intervene quickly and work to extinguish the fires that broke out as a result of the Israeli bombing." Volunteers rushed to fight the flames without being able to control them due to the speed of the wind.

These fires destroyed large areas of olive trees, which were abundantly planted in the region.

As for the residents of the town of Alma al-Shaab, approximately 70 percent of its population was displaced due to the Israeli bombing, as in other southern towns on the border with Israel.

The fire originally broke out in a forest area separating Alma Al-Shaab from the neighboring city of Naqoura. The mayor of Naqoura, Abbas Awada, accused the Israeli army of "firing phosphorous shells at night, which led to the outbreak of the fire."

The border region witnesses almost daily confrontations between Lebanese Hezbollah and Israel, which led to the killing of 57 people in Lebanon, including 44 Hezbollah fighters and four civilians, one of whom is a Reuters news agency photographer. Israel announced the killing of 4 people.