Following a flurry of Israeli strikes overnight Friday into Saturday killing at least five people in southern Lebanon, Israeli forces continued attacks into Sunday, destroying a hospital in Nabatieh and carrying out strikes that killed an additional four civilians, including two women, and wounded another 20.
Ghandour Hospital, in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, was destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, and the IDF claimed the hospital, which was already out-of-service because of the large number of displaced people who fled the area because of the occupation, was a Hezbollah command center. They provided no evidence to support this allegation, and Lebanese officials said the hospital building was a purely civilian target.
Two were reported killed in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, though it’s not clear if that was in the hospital destruction or another independent strike on the town. Another building in Nabatieh City was also attacked, damaging offices belonging to agriculture authorities in the area. The nearby town of Arabsalim was also attacked, killing two women. Kfar Roumine was also reported attacked, causing some casualties but no deaths.
People inspect the damage in the aftermath of an Israeli strike that hit near Jabal Amel Hospital on Monday, in Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged the US to intervene regarding the matter, saying the Israeli strikes violated the understandings of the trilateral agreements reached in the US-brokered talks. There’s no word out of the US regarding the situation.
What is clear, however, is that these attacks amount to a substantial Israeli escalation across Lebanon, coming at a time when there are ongoing talks and Israel had only just released a handful of civilian captives back into Lebanon in what was presented as a show of “good faith.”
It also throws further doubt into Israeli media reports that the IDF was looking to advance a proposal to scale back the size and scope of the occupation of Lebanon, as they continue to push further north and in areas they already control, are killing more people this weekend than they have in quite some time.
