Israeli military targets school, ambulance in southern Lebanon, killing six civilians

Israeli forces launched a new wave of attacks across southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa on Saturday, striking civilian areas, destroying an ambulance, damaging a school, and killing six Lebanese civilians.

Israeli warplanes and artillery targeted the towns of Kfra, Aadchit, Kounine, Babliyeh, Toul, Arabsalim, Shahabiyeh, Mahmoudiyeh, Marwaniyeh, Majdal Zoun, Aba, Mayfadoun, Arnaba on the outskirts of Maghdoucheh, Kfar Tebnit, Qatrani, the road between Maarakeh and Teir Debba, the city of Nabatieh, and Sohmor in the western Bekaa, according to a report by Al Mayadeen.

The attacks also struck the Rayhan forest, the Barghaz Valley, and the Rayhan heights, while Israeli artillery shelled Kfar Tebnit, the report added.

One of the deadliest incidents occurred in the town of Zebdine, where an Israeli strike hit an ambulance that was delivering food supplies to a family inside the town. Five civilians were killed in the attack.

In the Hasbaya district, Israeli artillery fire struck a school in the town of Barghaz, causing a fire and significant damage to the building.

Earlier in the day, another Israeli strike targeted a motorcycle in Deir al-Zahrani, in the Nabatieh district, killing one person.

The latest Israeli attacks come despite repeated announcements of a ceasefire between Lebanon and the occupying Israeli regime.

The continued assaults have contributed to the destruction of Lebanese towns and villages and a rising death toll from the war, which has claimed at least 3,526 lives since March 2, according to the latest figures released by Lebanon's Health Ministry on Thursday.

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On March 2, Hezbollah launched military operations against the Israeli regime in response to its aggression against Iran, its repeated violations of the 2024 ceasefire, and its continued occupation of Lebanese territory in the country’s south.

Following the Iran-US ceasefire on April 8, Tel Aviv was compelled to accept a ceasefire in Lebanon as well, after Tehran demanded an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanese soil as one of its primary conditions in indirect negotiations with Washington.

The Israeli military, however, quickly resumed its assaults on southern Lebanon, issuing evacuation threats for several areas even after the initial ten-day truce between Tel Aviv and Beirut was extended several times.

Israeli occupation forces also continue to hold parts of southern Lebanon, where they have imposed a so-called “Yellow Line” — a coercive military buffer resembling the regime’s notorious control measures in the besieged Gaza Strip.

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