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Israeli strikes rain down on Lebanon as country celebrates Easter
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Israeli strikes rain down on Lebanon as country celebrates Easter MEE staff on Sun, 04/05/2026 - 16:41 Lebanon is hit by some of the heaviest strikes since March Lebanese Maronite Christians pray during the Easter Sunday service at the Saint Antoine Church in Beirut on 5 April 2026 (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP) Off Israeli strikes rained down across Lebanon on Sunday as the country experienced one of its heaviest nights of bombardment since Israel resumed its attacks in March. Several media outlets reported strikes in Beirut, while artillery shelling was also reported in southern Lebanon, with the most recent assault recorded in Tebnine, in Tyre. As Christians marked Easter Sunday in Lebanon, the country witnessed what news outlets have deemed one of the most violent days since the start of Israel's aggression in March. Since dawn, at least 11 people have been killed. An Israeli air strike on Kfarhata, a village in southern Lebanon, killed seven people, including a four-year-old child. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Another attack on the Jnah neighbourhood in Beirut killed four people and wounded 39 others. The Israeli military said that it had launched strikes in Beirut "on Hezbollah infrastructure". Lebanon was drawn into the US-Israeli war on Iran in early March, with Hezbollah firing rockets into Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. According to Lebanon's health ministry, 1,461 people have been killed by Israel since 2 March, 129 of them children. More than one million people have been displaced as a result of the war. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sunday's strikes come as the main border crossing linking Lebanon to Syria was closed, following Israeli threats to target it on Saturday evening. The Israeli army has claimed that the crossing was being used by Hezbollah "to smuggle combat equipment". The new Syrian government is resolutely hostile to the Iran-backed group and has cut off its supply routes. Israel's war on Lebanon News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0
Israeli strikes rained down across Lebanon on Sunday as the country experienced one of its heaviest nights of bombardment since Israel resumed its attacks in March.Several media outlets reported strikes in Beirut, while artillery shelling was also reported in southern Lebanon, with the most recent assault recorded in Tebnine, in Tyre.As Christians marked Easter Sunday in Lebanon, the country witnessed what news outlets have deemed one of the most violent days since the start of Israel's aggression in March. Since dawn, at least 11 people have been killed. An Israeli air strike on Kfarhata, a village in southern Lebanon, killed seven people, including a four-year-old child.Another attack on the Jnah neighbourhood in Beirut killed four people and wounded 39 others.The Israeli military said that it had launched strikes in Beirut "on Hezbollah infrastructure".Lebanon was drawn into the US-Israeli war on Iran in early March, with Hezbollah firing rockets into Israel in retaliation for the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.According to Lebanon's health ministry, 1,461 people have been killed by Israel since 2 March, 129 of them children. More than one million people have been displaced as a result of the war.Sunday's strikes come as the main border crossing linking Lebanon to Syria was closed, following Israeli threats to target it on Saturday evening. The Israeli army has claimed that the crossing was being used by Hezbollah "to smuggle combat equipment". The new Syrian government is resolutely hostile to the Iran-backed group and has cut off its supply routes.
