At least 16 more people were killed and dozens of others wounded today as Israel continued its attacks on Lebanon, increasingly stretching the definition of a “ceasefire” which is meant to be in place between the two countries.
The largest single incident in the south was in Siksikiyah, where strikes killed five people and wounded 15 others. Other deadly attacks were reported in the villages of Mayfadoun and Sour, in the Tyre District. Other strikes were reported in Sidon. Noteworthy, while these strikes were in southern Lebanon, the “ceasefire” war no longer seems confined to that part of Lebanon.
Israel is now expanding its displacement campaign to the east, into the Bekaa Valley, where a number of towns far outside the conflict zone were among the “urgent” evacuation orders issued today. They also attacked the village of Zellaya, one of those ordered evacuated, killing five people there, including the village mayor, his wife, and two children. Another mayor was similarly reported killed in al-Manar. An additional strike was launched against Beirut later in the day, with details still emerging about the number of casualties.
Israeli soldiers stand among destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, near the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from the Israeli side of the border in northern Israel, April 14, 2026. REUTERS/Florion Goga
Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamil bragged in comments today that over 2,000 Hezbollah operatives had been killed in the war. This number is highly suspect, because 2,696 people were reported to have been killed total in the war as of yesterday, and that includes hundreds of women and children, and scores of paramedics, along with other obvious civilians and journalists. The IDF’s evidence of a person being killed actually being Hezbollah is generally non-existent, a blanket declaration that whoever they happen to kill at any given time was a high-ranking Hezbollah commander. The over 2,000 figure is similarly poorly sourced.
Hezbollah, for it’s part, launched rockets and drones against Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon, reportedly wounding three Israeli soldiers. One was described as “moderately” wounded and another “lightly,” with the third’s status unknown, but all three have been taken to the hospital.
Israeli media noted that the Hezbollah rocket fire was in violation of the existing ceasefire, ignoring the hundreds of people Israel is actively killing during the ceasefire with airstrikes and, seemingly, ignoring that Hezbollah never took part in the talks and never agreed to the ceasefire in the first place. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem reported yesterday that in his view there is no ceasefire in Lebanon at all, and given the amount of fire going on, it’s hard to argue that point.
