Thirteen killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, health ministry says

Four women and a child are among the dead, as fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continues despite a ceasefire.

On May 1, 2026, Israel launched multiple airstrikes on southern Lebanon, killing at least 10 people, including civilians, amid ongoing clashes with the militant group Hezbollah. The strikes targeted villages such as Habboush near Nabatiyeh, where six people were killed, and Kfar Rumman, where a father and his three sons, along with a Lebanese soldier, died. Meanwhile, Hezbollah launched rockets and drones into northern Israel, wounding two Israeli soldiers. Despite a ceasefire that began on April 17 and was extended, hostilities have continued.

A series of Israeli airstrikes on towns in southern Lebanon on May 1, 2026, killed 13 people and injured others. The Emergency Operations’ Center of the Ministry of Health reported that an Israeli air raid on the town of Haboush in the Nabatieh district killed nine people, including a girl and two women, and injured 21. The Israeli raids on the town of al-Zarariyah in Sidon killed four, including two women, and wounded four others. A woman was killed and seven others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the town of Ain Baal in Tyre. The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 2,618 and 8,094 wounded.

Lebanon's health ministry reported that 13 people were killed on May 1, 2026, in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire. The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others. Other strikes in Zrariyeh killed four people, two of them women, and wounded four more. The ministry also reported a strike in Ain Baal near the coastal city of Tyre killed one person and wounded seven others.

Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on May 2, 2026, resulted in at least seven deaths and multiple injuries, despite a ceasefire in place since April 17. The Lebanese National News Agency reported that strikes targeted multiple villages, including Kfar Dajal, Lwaizeh, and Shoukin, leading to civilian casualties. Israel's military conducted around 50 airstrikes within 24 hours, claiming to target Hezbollah infrastructure. A new evacuation warning was issued for residents of nine southern Lebanese villages.

Israeli airstrikes and shelling across southern Lebanon on May 1 and 2, 2026, killed at least 12 people and injured dozens more. Four people, including two women, were killed in an airstrike in the Sidon district, which also wounded four others. In the Tyre district, one woman was killed and seven other people were injured. An airstrike at dawn in the Iqlim al-Tuffah area killed three people, while a drone strike on a vehicle along a road left two people dead. Another strike on the village of Choukine killed two people and wounded several others. Elsewhere, Israeli forces demolished a monastery and a school run by the Sisters of the Holy Savior in the southern village of Yaroun, following a series of explosions that hit homes, shops, roads, and other infrastructure. The Israel Defense Forces issued urgent evacuation warnings to residents of several villages and towns in southern Lebanon on Saturday morning, urging them to leave immediately. The IDF on Saturday said in a statement that it had struck around 50 Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon over the past day, killing militants who operated near its soldiers and dismantled infrastructure belonging to the group. The strikes took place despite a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon that came into effect at midnight on April 17, after weeks of escalating cross-border clashes tied to the broader U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump announced last week that the truce would be extended for an additional three weeks.