The Israeli army carried out a series of raids on southern Lebanon on Saturday night, according to the Lebanese official news agency, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to “vigorously” attack Hezbollah targets. This comes despite US President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday a three-week extension of the ceasefire, which began on April 17, following a new round of talks at the White House between the ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel.

Published on: 04/26/2026 - 10:57 Last updated: 04/26/2026 - 11:47

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to attack Hezbollah targets "with force." This announcement came amid a series of large-scale raids on southern Lebanon, which resulted in the deaths of six people, according to the Ministry of Health, while the Israeli army said that it targeted members of Hezbollah, despite the extension of a ceasefire between the two parties.

“Vigorously attacking Hezbollah targets”

The official Lebanese National News Agency said that Israel launched raids on at least four towns in southern Lebanon, after a statement from Netanyahu's office reported that the Israeli Prime Minister had ordered his army to "vigorously attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon."

An Agence France-Presse correspondent reported that a slight displacement movement was observed from the southern suburb of Beirut after Netanyahu’s announcement.

For its part, the Israeli army said that it bombed "buildings of military use that were used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization throughout southern Lebanon," stressing that it would continue to "act firmly against threats...in accordance with the directives of the political level."

Earlier, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported in a first statement that “two Israeli enemy raids on a truck and a motorcycle in the town of Yahmar al-Shaqif, Nabatieh District, led to the martyrdom of 4 citizens.”

She added in a second statement, "The Israeli enemy's raid on the town of Safad al-Batikh, Bint Jbeil district, led to two martyrs and 17 wounded."

This brings to 12 the number of people killed in Israeli raids on various parts of southern Lebanon since Friday.

For its part, the Israeli army announced that it targeted three Hezbollah members “who were riding a Tender pickup truck loaded with combat equipment,” and another member who “was riding a motorcycle in southern Lebanon.”

This comes despite US President Donald Trump announcing on Thursday a three-week extension of the ceasefire that began on April 17, following a new round of talks at the White House between the ambassadors of Lebanon and Israel.

"Systematic bombing operation"

The National News Agency reported on Saturday that border areas were subjected to artillery shelling, including the town of Khiam, which it said had been witnessing a “systematic bombing operation” carried out by the Israeli army for days.

On Saturday, footage from Agence France-Presse showed thick smoke covering a large area of ​​the town following the bombing of homes.

It is noteworthy that since the truce took effect, Israel has continued aerial and artillery bombardment in southern Lebanon, where it announced the establishment of a “yellow line” separating the areas where its forces are deployed from other areas. Since then, it has carried out large-scale bombing operations in many towns.

As for the party, it announces the implementation of operations targeting Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, or the launching of missiles and drones towards the north of the Hebrew state. He said in a statement on Saturday that he targeted an Israeli army vehicle “in the town of Qantara with an attack attack.”

For its part, the Israeli army said that it intercepted on Saturday “a suspicious air target launched from the direction of Lebanon towards the country’s territory,” considering it a “flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement” by Hezbollah.

In a second statement, the army said that the party launched “bomb-laden drones towards” its forces deployed in southern Lebanon, noting that the latter found “a stock of anti-tank missiles inside a weapons warehouse” belonging to Hezbollah.

In addition, on Saturday, the Israeli army issued a new warning to residents not to return to dozens of villages located within the “yellow line” extending 10 kilometers deep along the border from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the eastern Lebanon mountain range bordering Syria in the east.

It is noteworthy that the latest war broke out on the second of last March after Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel in response to the killing of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the American-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28.

Israel launched a large-scale aerial bombardment campaign against Lebanon, and its forces invaded areas in its south, and its forces remained there after the truce took effect.

2,496 people were killed and more than 7,700 were injured in Lebanon as a result of Israeli attacks since March 2, according to the latest toll published by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

France 24/AFP

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