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SAT · 2026-05-23 · 09:30 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0523-78616
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NSR-2026-0523-78616News Report·EN·Human Rights

Israel attacks southern Lebanon and near Syrian border despite ‘ceasefire’

Israeli forces conducted air attacks in southern Lebanon and near the Syrian border on Saturday, following earlier raids that killed ten people. The National News Agency reported strikes in the Nabi Sreij area near the Syrian border and in several villages in southern Lebanon, including Yohmor al-Shaqif and Taybeh.

Al Jazeera StaffAl JazeeraFiled 2026-05-23 · 09:30 GMTLean · CenterRead · 2 min
Israel attacks southern Lebanon and near Syrian border despite ‘ceasefire’
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Israeli forces conducted air attacks in southern Lebanon and near the Syrian border on Saturday, following earlier raids that killed ten people. The National News Agency reported strikes in the Nabi Sreij area near the Syrian border and in several villages in southern Lebanon, including Yohmor al-Shaqif and Taybeh. These attacks come despite a reported ceasefire. The Israeli military also issued displacement warnings for southern Lebanese villages and areas, causing residents to flee their homes in fear. An earlier Israeli attack near Tebnine Hospital damaged multiple floors of the building, including critical medical facilities. The ongoing attacks are described as causing "psychological terror" for residents in southern Lebanon.

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Key claims

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People in southern Lebanon are living under 'psychological terror' from Israeli air attacks and displacement orders.

quoteAl Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto
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Israel’s military issued two forced displacement warnings since Friday night for southern Lebanese villages and areas.

factualAl Jazeera
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An Israeli attack near the Tebnine Hospital in southern Lebanon damaged all three floors of the building, including the emergency room, ICU, and surgical ward.

factualMinistry of Public Health
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Israeli forces launched a new wave of air attacks in Lebanon on Saturday after earlier raids killed 10 people.

factualLebanon’s National News Agency
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People in southern Lebanon are living under “psychological terror” from Israeli air attacks and displacement orders.Israeli forces launched a new wave of air attacks in Lebanon on Saturday after earlier raids killed 10 people, targeting an area near the Syrian border and several villages in southern Lebanon.Lebanon’s National News Agency said there were five Israeli air attacks shortly before midnight in the mountainous Nabi Sreij area on the outskirts of Brital, which had been spared from attacks since April 17. On Saturday, the agency reported large explosions in the towns of Yohmor al-Shaqif in Nabatieh and Taybeh in the Marjayoun district, both in southern Lebanon.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Lebanon’s economy struggles under renewed war and global fuel crisislist 2 of 3Israeli attacks kill several in Lebanon, with health workers targetedlist 3 of 3Iran war day 85: Tehran says major gaps remain in US talksend of listOn Thursday, an Israeli attack near the Tebnine Hospital in southern Lebanon damaged all three floors of the building, including ‌the ‌emergency room, intensive care unit, surgical ward, and ambulances parked outside, according to the Ministry of Public Health.Israel’s military had issued two forced displacement warnings since Friday night via its Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee, for the southern Lebanese village of Burj Rahal and the areas of Tyre and Zqouq al-Mufdi.Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto, reporting from Tyre, southern Lebanon, at the edge of the 500-metre (550-yard) perimeter that Israel has designated as the danger zone, said: “There are ambulances here. There are also rescue teams and people who have fled their homes this evening following this forced [displacement] order.”Many left in fear and panic, he said, seeing these orders as threats while being unsure of when they could return home.“People are here with their families and their children,” Hitto said. “This is the kind of psychological terror that Israel is forcing people to live in, here in southern Lebanon.”
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