Israel extended its evacuation order in the city of Tyre to include effectively the whole south of Lebanon, declaring the entire region an active combat zone, despite a ceasefire nominally having been in place in Lebanon for well over a month now.
That ceasefire has consistently failed to cease Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and even as hope springs eternal that the US and Iran will work out a deal, Lebanese citizens are increasingly resigned to a long-term Israeli invasion and occupation.
Israel has been expanding the war northward in recent days, with ground troops crossing the Litani River, and IDF forces once again attacking the capital city of Beirut, claiming they were trying to kill an Iranian who was there.
Rubble lies around damaged building at the site of an Israeli strike in Tyre, Lebanon, May 28, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer
At least 17 people were killed nationwide in Israeli attacks and scores of others were wounded. At least five women and three children are among the slain according to various reports on the identities of the people caught up in Israeli attacks.
Six were reported killed in Adlun, including two children and their parents. Five others were killed in nearby Qiya and 21 others wounded, including five children. Further south along the road to Deir al-Zahwari, a strike on a vehicle killed a Lebanese soldier, the third such soldier slain in the last 72 hours.
More attacks were reported in and around Tyre, the target of yesterday’s evacuation orders. Three were reported killed in a strike near al-Bas, and two Syrian citizens were slain on a motorcycle elsewhere around Tyre.
With shelters overwhelmed and the highways leading out of Tyre packed, many feel they have no real option to flee the city as ordered, though a large number who are able have already left, so the city, among Lebanon’s largest, so there are at the very least fewer people left to be targeted by the IDF.
Though further talks are expected later in the week on the ceasefire, there seems little indication that Israel has any intention of reducing the number of attacks it’s carrying out, and if anything, they seem determined to see how far it can stretch the definition of “ceasefire” while engaging in an open war of aggression.
