Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Southern Lebanon After 3 Soldiers Are Wounded
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 16
Israeli Strikes Kill 11 in Southern Lebanon After 3 Soldiers Are Wounded
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 16
Summary
Two Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people and wounded 19 on Saturday, making them among the deadliest attacks since a truce took hold nearly two months ago.
Seven people, including three children, were killed in Ansar and four more died in Deir al-Zahrani; Israel said the Ansar strike hit Hezbollah infrastructure after a Hezbollah attack seriously wounded three Israeli soldiers inside Lebanon.
Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the military struck the Hezbollah headquarters that ordered the attack and only later learned civilians were in the compound, while the army did not comment on the later Deir al-Zahrani strike.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam called the escalation extremely dangerous and said the dead in Ansar were civilians, underscoring the fragility of the June ceasefire in southern Lebanon.
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1.2 Million Displaced: The August 2026 Ansar Airstrike and the Unraveling of Lebanon’s Ceasefire
Overview
The August 15, 2026 airstrike in Ansar, where Israeli warplanes destroyed a home and killed seven people, marked a dramatic escalation after a brief lull in violence brought by the US-brokered June 26 framework agreement. This agreement aimed to reduce conflict by linking Israeli withdrawal to Hezbollah’s disarmament, but both sides rejected key terms, leading to renewed clashes and mutual distrust. As Israel exploited loopholes in the ceasefire to launch major strikes, Iran declared the truce violated and canceled talks, while legal provisions in the agreement blocked war crimes investigations, deepening the crisis and leaving civilians in Lebanon facing severe humanitarian hardship.