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Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon

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The Straits Times. (2026, September 6). Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-says-it-strikes-southern-lebanon-after-hezbollah-launched-drones

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Israeli military strikes on Sunday killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon as part of its retaliation for alleged Hezbollah drone attacks within areas occupied by Israeli troops. The Lebanese health ministry reported that three people were also killed in a separate strike on Nabatieh al-Tahta. The strikes targeted what the Israeli military described as Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a command centre inside a building used as a hospital. Lebanon's president, Joseph Aoun, condemned the strikes as a "dangerous escalation" that targeted civilian areas.
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As of September 7, 2026, Israel intensified its bombardment of southern Lebanon, killing at least 11 people including two children and two medics in the town of Deir Zahrani. This comes despite a ceasefire agreement brokered by the US in June aimed at halting violence between Israel and Hezbollah, an armed group backed by Iran. Since September 3, there have been daily shelling and airstrikes around Ali Taher Hill, near Nabatiyeh city, as Israel claims control over strategic areas while Hezbollah refuses to disarm or vacate those territories.

The latest round of attacks began early on Sunday, September 6, when Israeli strikes killed at least seven people in southern Lebanon, including two women. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's office condemned these actions as "a dangerous escalation" targeting civilian and state institutions, calling for the United States and international community to intervene. Israel justified its military operations by accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire with a drone attack on Israeli troops near Ali Taher Hill.

Since June 2023, Israeli forces have taken control of significant areas in southern Lebanon, expanding their declared "security zone," which has led to nearly 9,000 deaths and displacement of hundreds of thousands. On September 11, Israel reported destroying two kilometers of Hezbollah tunnels using over 1,100 tonnes of explosives, causing a magnitude-4.1 tremor beneath Ali al-Taher ridge.

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"President Aoun held the Israeli side fully responsible for this ongoing escalation, calling on the United States and the international community to take immediate action to stop these violations and hold the perpetrators accountable," it said.
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🔮 The Israeli military had issued an online evacuation warning at 6 a.m. local (0300 GMT) for areas near a building in Arab Salim that it said it would strike because it was being used by Hezbollah.
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Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon · assertive framing

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Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon asserted
strikes → kill → Lebanon
Israeli strikes killed seven people, including two women, in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the Lebanese health ministry said, as Israel retaliated for what it said were Hezbollah drone attacks within areas occupied by its troops. asserted
it → kill → troops
Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah agreed in June, the Israeli military is operating in what it has declared a security zone in southern Lebanon. asserted
it → agree → Lebanon
Lebanon's health ministry said that two men were killed in a town on the edge of the zone occupied by Israeli troops, while the two women were killed in Arab Salim, which sits well north of the occupied area. asserted
which → say → area
The ministry later said a separate Israeli drone strike on Nabatieh al-Tahta in southern Lebanon had killed three people on Sunday. asserted
strike → say → Sunday
The Israeli military had issued an online evacuation warning at 6 a.m. local (0300 GMT) for areas near a building in Arab Salim that it said it would strike because it was being used by Hezbollah. asserted
it → issue → Hezbollah
Two girls were among six others injured in that strike. asserted
girls → injure → strike
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's office called Sunday's strikes, which it said destroyed a hospital and damaged a finance ministry building, "a dangerous escalation" that targeted "purely civilian administrations and health centres". asserted
that → call → administrations
"President Aoun held the Israeli side fully responsible for this ongoing escalation, calling on the United States and the international community to take immediate action to stop these violations and hold the perpetrators accountable," it said. asserted
it → hold → violations
The Israeli military said its targets included what it described as Hezbollah weapons storage facilities and a command centre inside a building previously used as a hospital. asserted
it → say → hospital
It also said it used precision munitions and aerial surveillance to mitigate civilian harm. asserted
it → say → harm
Sunday's evacuation warning was only the second issued since the June ceasefire announcement. asserted
warning → issue → announcement
The first online evacuation order came on August 5 for residents of Mansouri, near Tyre, though Israel had already dropped leaflets on the village just a week into the ceasefire, telling residents to leave ahead of strikes. asserted
Israel → come → strikes
Four people were killed and 23 injured across southern Lebanon on Friday, the health ministry said on Saturday, in Israeli strikes launched without evacuation warnings. asserted
ministry → kill → warnings
The Israeli military said those strikes hit Hezbollah weapons storage facilities. asserted
strikes → say → facilities
Hezbollah said on Saturday that Israel's continued escalation aimed to pressure the Lebanese government, which has been engaged in direct talks with Israel under U.S. auspices — negotiations that the Iran-backed group has rejected. asserted
group → say → that
More than 4,300 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since March 2, when Hezbollah fired at Israel in support of Iran. asserted
Hezbollah → kill → Iran
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