Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on areas between East and West Zawtar in Nabatieh and on the town of Yohmor al-Shaqif, Lebanon, on May 06, 2026. [Ramiz Dallah - Anadolu Agency]
Israeli drone and air strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon killed 16 people and wounded 21 others, including paramedics, and damaged a school, Lebanese officials said on Wednesday, in the latest apparent violation of a ceasefire, Anadolu reports. Two people were killed in drone strikes on the town of Mefdoun, while additional airstrikes targeted areas between Zawtar al-Sharqiya and Zawtar al-Gharbiya, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. Four more people were killed and three others injured in a separate strike that hit the home of a municipal council head in the town of Zellaya in western Bekaa, with rescue operations ongoing at the site, the agency added. An Israeli strike also hit a car between the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiya and […]

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