The Sunday peace deal announcement between the United States and Iran saw a relative reduction in the amount of Israeli killings in Lebanon on Monday, along with Israeli officials vowing they would neither end the Lebanon war nor withdraw from Lebanese territory.
Tuesday points to the war beginning to return to the status quo, with multiple deadly Israeli drone strikes reported across southern Lebanon killing at least four people and wounding multiple others.
Three distinct drone strikes were reported against the village of Mayfadoun, including two targeting cars traveling in the village and another “double tap” strike targeting a group of locals gathered around the wreckage after one of the strikes. Two were killed there and several others wounded.
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
Later on Tuesday afternoon, another Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in Shoukine, killing two more people. The IDF only commented on one of their attacks so far, presenting it as “a suspicious vehicle” they destroyed to “remove the threat.”
The IDF also reported that Hezbollah fired multiple rockets against them in the morning, but said that they intercepted all of the rockets. They also reported destroying the rocket launch, though exactly where in southern Lebanon this took place is uncertain.
Artillery strikes were also reported in and around the Nabatieh District, further complicating locals’ hope to try to return home with reports that the war was coming to an end. Today’s strikes one again underscore that the enormous number of displaced civilians in Lebanon are not necessarily safe to do so yet.
