On May 24, Israeli forces unleashed a new wave of airstrikes on Lebanon, just a day after Friday's attacks killed 10 people. The latest strikes hit areas near the Syrian border and several villages in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported five Israeli airstrikes just before midnight in the Nabi Sreij mountain area on the outskirts of Brital town — a region that had not been targeted since April 17. Earlier on Saturday, NNA recorded large explosions in the towns of Yohmor al-Shaqif in Nabatieh and Taybeh in the Marjayoun district, both in southern Lebanon.
Earlier, on Thursday (May 22), an Israeli attack near Tebnine Hospital in southern Lebanon destroyed all three floors of the building, including the emergency room, intensive care unit, surgical ward, and ambulances parked outside, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
The Israeli army issued two forced evacuation orders from Friday evening, through Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee, for the village of Burj Rahal, the Tyre areas, and Zqouq al-Mufdi in southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera correspondent Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre on the edge of the 500-meter (550-yard) danger zone designated by Israel, said: 'There are ambulances, rescue teams, and people who left their homes tonight after this forced evacuation order.' Many fled in fear and panic, viewing the orders as threats and uncertain when they might return.
'People here have their families and children,' Hitto said. 'This is the kind of psychological terror that Israel forces people to live with in southern Lebanon.'
Since Israel intensified its attacks on Lebanon on March 2, more than 3,100 people have been killed in Lebanon. The attacks have continued despite a cease-fire announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 16. According to statistics from the Lebanese Ministry of Health released on Friday, the death toll includes 123 medical workers, more than 210 children, and nearly 300 women.
