{"id":142266,"date":"2026-05-27T07:02:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dozens-killed-in-lebanon-as-israel-intensifies-strikes\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:02:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:02:50","slug":"dozens-killed-in-lebanon-as-israel-intensifies-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/dozens-killed-in-lebanon-as-israel-intensifies-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens killed in Lebanon as Israel intensifies strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of people were killed in an intensive wave of Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon on Tuesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to step up military action against Hezbollah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At least 31 people were killed in the latest attacks, including several children, Lebanon\u2019s health ministry said.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military said it hit more than 100 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and fighters in what was one of the heaviest nights of bombardment since a US-brokered ceasefire began in mid-April.<\/p>\n

It came after Netanyahu this week said he had given instructions to \u201cpress the pedal even harder\u201d in targeting Hezbollah.<\/p>\n

Early on Wednesday, sirens sounded in northern Israel early on after a projectile was launched from Lebanon into Israel, the Israeli military said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It added the projectile fell into an open area and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a security cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Netanyahu said Israel was \u201cdeepening our operation in Lebanon\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is operating with large forces on the ground and seizing dominant terrain,\u201d he said, adding that they were \u201cfortifying the security zone\u201d to protect communities in northern Israel from Hezbollah attacks.<\/p>\n

The ceasefire has been repeatedly violated by both sides, threatening to derail the complex ongoing talks to end the war between the US, Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n

Israeli air and artillery strikes have continued daily, especially in the south of Lebanon, while Hezbollah has been launching rockets and drones at communities in northern Israel and Israeli troops occupying parts of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Air strikes targeted the Bekaa Valley village of Mashghara and Burj al-Shamali across southern Lebanon, local media said.<\/p>\n

Some strikes hit near Beaufort Castle, state media reported, a nearly 900-year-old fortress recognised by the UN\u2019s heritage body UNESCO for being \u201cone of the best-preserved examples of medieval castles\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s video statement, Netanyahu said that Israel was going to increase the number and intensity of its strikes targeting Hezbollah in response to the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group\u2019s attacks, including those involving fibre-optic drones that can evade Israeli defences.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will deal them a crushing blow,\u201d he vowed.<\/p>\n

The announcement prompted scenes of panic in Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, where residents were seen fleeing the area following the remarks. Thousands of cars lined the streets with families trying to escape for safety.<\/p>\n

Though the strikes spared the capital, Israeli warplanes carried out wave after wave of strikes across Lebanon throughout the evening and into the early hours of Tuesday. The BBC counted dozens of attacks across nearly 50 locations.<\/p>\n

A man and his wife were killed in a strike on their home in the southern town of Arab Salim on Monday evening, and two other people were killed in the village of Kauthariyet El Rez, according to NNA.<\/p>\n

Overnight, several homes in Mashghara were destroyed in Israeli strikes.<\/p>\n

The Lebanese health ministry said the bodies of 11 people, among them one woman and two children, were pulled from the rubble. Another 15 people were injured, it added.<\/p>\n

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Dozens of people were killed in an intensive wave of Israeli strikes across southern and eastern Lebanon on Tuesday, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to step up military action against Hezbollah. At least 31 people were killed in the latest attacks, including several children, Lebanon\u2019s health ministry said. The Israeli military said it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}