Israeli army continues raids in southern Lebanon, killing at least 3

Published on: April 12, 2026 10:47 AM

Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on Lebanon starting at dawn on Saturday, killing three people, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. A residential building in the town of Mefdoun in the southern governorate of Nabatieh was targeted and destroyed during the attacks. The Israeli army also destroyed several residential buildings on Martyr Sabra Street and in the Maqam neighbourhood. The town of Jebchit also came under an airstrike that targeted a private electricity generator complex, destroying it and setting it on fire. Israel has carried out an expanded offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2, despite a ceasefire that took effect in November 2024. Earlier, a US State Department official told Anadolu that the US will host direct talks between Israel and Lebanon next week as part of ongoing ceasefire negotiations. The talks come after US President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran following Pakistani mediation. A Lebanese official also confirmed the next week’s talks in a statement to Anadolu, but said the meeting is a “preparatory and not a negotiation.” Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 people across Lebanon on Friday, including eight security personnel, according to the Health Ministry and the state-run news agency NNA. In Nabatieh, strikes near a government complex and a State Security office caused extensive destruction, killing 13 security personnel. According to Al Jazeera, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said fighters targeted Israeli troops at the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel with missiles and drones. Hezbollah also said barracks in Ya’ara were targeted by rockets. According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, Israeli warplanes targeted a power station in the southern Lebanese town of Jibchit at dawn on Saturday. Iran’s Press TV reported an Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of the government hospital in the town of Tibnin, southern Lebanon.