Israeli enemy airstrikes cause civilian casualties, massive destruction in southern Lebanon

Israeli enemy airstrikes targeted the southern Lebanese town of Ansar overnight, resulting in two civilian deaths and another injury.

A house in the town’s southern district was directly hit, leading to its complete destruction.

Civil defense teams from the Islamic Health Authority retrieved one body, while efforts to recover the second remain ongoing.

In Kfar Jouz, airstrikes obliterated three residential buildings and the Badreddine villa, leaving an entire block reduced to rubble.

The bombardment caused significant material damage to the surrounding area.

In a separate attack, Israeli enemy warplanes struck a building in the al-Labaneh neighborhood along the Arab Salim-Jarjouaa road after midnight, with reports of casualties emerging from the scene.

In Tyre region, Israeli enemy jets launched an air raid between the towns of Yater and Kafra, following two earlier strikes on the villages of Tayr Harfa and al-Jibbain.

In Marjayoun, Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the village of al-Shaytieh, though
no injuries were reported.

Meanwhile, a drone strike was reported between the areas of Saksakiyeh and Sarafand.

Further strikes targeted Yohmor al-Shaqif on Tuesday morning, hitting the western part of the town. These followed two air raids overnight and another in the nearby town of Arnoun.

Since early Tuesday morning, Israeli warplanes have been pounding al-Khiam, conducting wide-ranging strafing operations with heavy machine guns in the direction of Kfarkila.

The two towns continue to endure sporadic artillery shelling, while drones hover at low altitudes over al-Khiam, Marjeyoun, and Qlaiaa.

In Baalbek, the National News Agency reported a late-night airstrike on the village of Tariya, west of Baalbek, as part of the ongoing escalation in Lebanon.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

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