Last updated 8/7/25 2:25 PM EST
Israel’s heavy airstrikes Wednesday night continued into Thursday, with at least two people confirmed killed in the attacks and multiple others wounded. The casualty figures in some of the latest strikes have yet to be confirmed.
Overnight, a strike against Deir Siriane killed one person and wounded two others. The attacks targeted a residential area in the village, and the slain man was identified as a Syrian citizen.
The Lebanese Health Ministry also confirmed a strike Thursday morning against Kfar Dan, killing one person. Details on that victim have yet to be confirmed. Another strike destroyed a vehicle on the outskirts of Masnaa, and the Lebanese Health Ministry reported at least five were killed there, and ten others wounded.
Last night the IDF claimed that the attacks were targeting Hezbollah infrastructure, though it appears they are generally going after residential neighborhoods and civilian vehicles.
Lebanon met again today to discuss unilateral disarmament of Hezbollah. The US is demanding that such disarmament take place by November, though Hezbollah has ruled out complying and the Lebanese government, while seemingly leaning towards approving it, is unlikely to be able to effectuate such a move.
Hezbollah has said they have no intention of disarming so long as Israel keeps attacking Lebanon and keeps occupying their territory. They added yesterday that they will act as if any Lebanese government order to disarm “does not exist.”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R – CA) tried to incentivize the Lebanese state to carry out the disarmament by promising that the US would push Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory. There is plenty of reason to doubt this would actually happen, however.
The November ceasefire, of which the US and France are meant to be guarantors, already mandated an Israeli pullout by February, and the US repeatedly promised that Israel would do so. Six months later, Israeli forces remain in Lebanon, and they have said the US greenlit their continued presence.
Moreover, Rep. Issa doesn’t have any enforcement power to begin with. Ambassador Tom Barrack, who nominally is meant to be in charge of this process, already said he believes the US has “no business” trying to get Israel to stop attacking Lebanese territory, and would not offer any incentives to give in to US demands.
