Israeli warplanes carried out a flurry of airstrikes against a building in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh, causing major damage to the building and the surrounding residential area and wounding at least 14 civilians.
The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that among the 14 wounded were seven women and four children. Ambulances on the scene took the wounded to nearby hospitals.
The IDF, as is in keeping with their attempts to justify such attacks, issued a statement claiming that the building they attacked was “Hezbollah headquarters.” They offered no evidence that this was the case, and the fact that the attack wounded almost exclusively women and children gives substantial room for doubt.
Southern Lebanon’s Nabatieh Governorate during the ceasefire ©MSF
The IDF also claimed in the statement that the presence of that building, which again was full of women and children, amounted to a violation of the understanding between the Lebanese and Israeli governments.
Nabatieh was badly damaged in Israeli airstrikes during the 2024 invasion and continues to be damaged during the ceasefire, as Israel continues to attack the area with impunity. There are hopes for locals that they will ultimately be able to rebuild and resurrect the commercial district of Nabatieh.
That’s a tall order, since Israeli strikes are not over, and may be even more difficult if the “Trump economic zone” is declared, which would see the areas south of Nabatieh totally depopulated and partially occupied by the IDF. As one of the southernmost substantial towns in the country, people from those further south villages have historically gone to Nabatieh for trade.
