Israeli air strikes on south Lebanon kill over 10 people

Published May 8, 2026 Updated May 8, 2026 06:40pm

Israeli air strikes on Lebanon continue, with a dozen people reportedly killed in villages in the south, Al Jazeera reports.

Lebanon’s health ministry has issued a statement saying that an Israeli air strike on the town of Toura in the Tyre district has killed four people, including two women, and injured eight others.

Israeli air strikes on the town of Sultaniyeh also killed four people, Lebanon’s National News Agency reports. It said that Israeli forces launched a series of raids targeting the towns of Shaqra, Barashit and Safad al-Batikh in the Bint Jbeil district.

Three people were also reported killed in the village of Al-Zahrani, as a result of Israeli air strikes that targeted a car with people inside on the Arab Al-Jal-Houmin Al-Tahta road. A motorcycle was reportedly passing with the rider among the three killed in the attack.

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