Field sources in Lebanon reported today, Friday, that a motorcycle was directly targeted in the town of Mansouri, part of the Tyre district in the south of the country, coinciding with intense drone flights. In response, sirens blared in the Ras Naqoura area of the Western Galilee, in anticipation of drone infiltration from Lebanese airspace.
Al-Bayada witnessed a remarkable field development, as an Israeli Merkava tank stationed inside the town fired several shells towards its residential neighborhoods. This was accompanied by extensive artillery shelling that targeted Wadi Al-Hujair and the outskirts of the towns of Frun, Al-Ghandouriya, and Toulin, resulting in severe material damage to properties.
In the Bint Jbeil district, the town of Konin was subjected to concentrated artillery shelling, while journalistic sources confirmed the targeting of the vicinity of Kafr Shuba and a series of border villages. The attacks included the towns of Bani Hayyan, Talouseh, Yater, and Baraashit, amidst a state of extreme tension prevailing over the entire border region.
In an initial toll, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the martyrdom of two people and the injury of ten others with varying degrees of wounds as a result of an airstrike that targeted the town of Nabatieh Fawqa. Medical teams are working to provide necessary first aid to the injured, amid fears of an increase in the number of victims due to the severity of the explosion.
Field observers described yesterday as the most violent and bloody day since the official announcement of a ceasefire between the warring parties. The Israeli escalation affected more than 50 southern towns, and the attacks varied between aerial raids and concentrated shelling by drones that targeted civilian movements.
Israeli forces are employing an offensive tactic based on two phases: the first begins with targeting inhabited homes to inflict the greatest possible number of casualties. The second phase involves preventing ambulance and civil defense teams from reaching the targeted sites to rescue those trapped under the rubble, which was confirmed by field security sources.
Official data issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Health indicates that the number of martyrs in the past twenty-four hours exceeded 20. The ministry confirms that these numbers are likely to increase given the dozens of injured, and the difficulty of accessing some areas that are still under direct shelling.
As part of the ongoing military pressure, the Israeli army issued forced evacuation orders covering more than 50 towns in the governorates of Tyre, Bint Jbeil, and Nabatieh in less than a week. These orders come as a prelude to extensive shelling operations targeting the Lebanese interior, including areas more than 10 kilometers from the border line.
This systematic escalation has led to a massive wave of displacement of residents who were forced to leave their homes under the weight of threats and continuous shelling. Vast areas of southern villages have become completely devoid of their inhabitants, amidst massive destruction to infrastructure and residential homes that have been razed to the ground.
The general scene in southern Lebanon reflects the reality of an open front where military operations have not ceased, despite the calm in other areas such as Beirut and Beqaa. It appears that the war is still effectively ongoing in the south, where the military machine continues to target everything that moves in the border villages and towns.
What is currently happening in southern Lebanon is a series of mobile massacres systematically targeting villages and towns.
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Bloody escalation in southern Lebanon: Intense raids and evacuation orders affect dozens of towns