At least 14 individuals, including three members of the Lebanese Armed Forces, lost their lives on Saturday during a series of Zionist strikes across southern Lebanon, according to a report by the Lebanese National News Agency.
Military officials in Lebanon confirmed that the three service members were killed while conducting a vehicle patrol along the Khardali-Kfar Tebnit route situated in the Nabatieh district.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) strongly condemned the targeted strike, labeling it a “blatant violation” of Lebanese sovereignty, territorial integrity, and UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
Meanwhile, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri dismissed explanations provided by the Zionist military, asserting that the attack was “by no means a mistake or an accident.”
In other areas of the country, preliminary assessments revealed that six civilians were killed following a Zionist airstrike hitting the town of Saksakiyeh in the Sidon district.
Additional bombardments resulted in casualties elsewhere, including one fatality along the Deir al-Zahrani highway, two individuals killed in the town of Harouf, one in Jouaiya, and a motorcycle rider in Abbassiyeh, who was subsequently identified as Ali Samadi, an assistant nurse.
Concurrently, the Zionist military issued forced evacuation orders targeting multiple towns and villages throughout the Jezzine district and Ansariyeh.
According to figures compiled by Lebanese authorities, the ongoing military offensive across Lebanon has claimed over 3,560 lives and driven upwards of one million people from their homes.
One of the most notable incidents of the day involved the strike on the military transport vehicle traveling the road between Khardali and Nabatieh. The Lebanese army officially announced the deaths of the three soldiers, noting that two among them were officers.
In response, the Israeli military claimed the vehicle was operating in a suspicious manner near an active combat zone subject to strict movement limitations, adding that an internal investigation had been initiated.
Simultaneously, secondary strikes battered several communities neighboring Nabatieh. In Deir Zahrani, a missile strike on a motorcycle killed the driver, while a separate automotive strike in Kfartebnit left two dead.
In Harouf, a local woman was fatally struck while walking back to her residence, an incident that also left two others wounded, including an emergency medical responder.
Within the Tyre region, targeted strikes aimed at two-wheeled vehicles were logged in Abbassiyeh, Jouaiya, Hoch, and Baal. The casualties included a nurse affiliated with the al-Rissala scouts and a photojournalist covering the regional hostilities. An ambulance operated by the Islamic Health Committee was also struck, injuring multiple crew members.
Local analysts suggest these systematic operations aim to choke off transit links between Nabatieh and peripheral villages by making both primary highways and secondary bypasses unusable.
At the same time, heavy bombardments hit the Western Beqaa region along with several sectors across the country’s south, with early casualty counts identifying at least ten additional fatalities.
For its part, Hezbollah announced it had concentrated defensive operations against several Israeli combat positions to halt any cross-border ground advancements.