Israel strikes residential areas, destroys homes in southern Lebanon

by | Apr 10, 2026 | World

Israel has launched more than 50 attacks across Lebanon in the past 24 hours, raising fears that the escalating violence could unravel the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, reigniting a broader regional conflict.Lebanon’s National News Agency said an Israeli air strike on the southern town of Hannawiya killed one person and wounded another on Friday. The agency also reported that Israeli forces destroyed residential areas in Aita al-Shaab, with additional attacks on al-Majadel in the Tyre district.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listAl Jazeera’s team on the ground reported that Israeli forces blew up homes in the town of Hanine in southern Lebanon.The Lebanese group Hezbollah responded by firing rockets towards settlements in northern Israel, including Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Misgav Am. In a statement posted on Telegram, fighters said “these attacks would continue until the Israeli-American aggression against the country and the people stopped.”Hezbollah also said it targeted Israel’s Ashdod naval base with missiles, two days after deadly Israeli air attacks on Beirut left more than 300 people dead.The attack was in response to Israel’s “violation of the ceasefire and its repeated attacks on Beirut, and after the Resistance adhered to the ceasefire while the enemy did not”, the group said in a statement.Despite the escalation in the south, Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reported a relative lull in Beirut, following Israel’s large-scale deadly assault on Wednesday.“What we’ve noticed in the past 24 hours or so …

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