TYRE, Lebanon — Military forces from Israel launched multiple aerial attacks across southern Lebanon on Friday, resulting in the deaths of at least four individuals, according to reports. Meanwhile, the Hezbollah militant organization confirmed it deployed rockets and unmanned aircraft, with one drone crashing in northern Israeli territory and injuring two military personnel.
The ongoing violence between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continues even with a ceasefire agreement that has been in effect since April 17. Lebanon’s state-operated National News Agency confirmed the four fatalities occurred during bombing raids targeting three villages in the southern region.
On Friday afternoon, Israeli military officials issued evacuation warnings to civilians in Habboush village, located near the southern city of Nabatiyeh. The warning stated that residents remaining close to Hezbollah installations would face serious risk to their safety.
The Friday confrontations followed the recovery of five bodies from debris in Kfar Rumman village, also situated near Nabatiyeh, one day after their deaths occurred.
Lebanon’s National News Agency confirmed the five victims died in a late Thursday airstrike on Kfar Rumman. The agency named the recovered victims as Malek Hamza along with his three sons Ali, Fadel and Hamza. Reports indicate the attack also claimed the life of a Lebanese military member. The Lebanese army verified that soldier Ali Jaber perished in the strike.
By Friday afternoon, Hezbollah had released six separate announcements detailing drone and rocket launches targeting Israeli military installations.
Israeli military officials acknowledged that Hezbollah deployed an explosive unmanned aircraft that landed in northern Israeli territory close to the Lebanese border.
Israeli news outlets described a drone attack near Margaliot in northern Israel, reporting it sparked a contained fire, while two soldiers sustained minor injuries from a different Hezbollah drone strike in the same region.
Even amid the ongoing conflict, residents have been returning to their southern Lebanon homes after weeks of displacement due to the fighting.
Among those returning was Umm Ali Khodor, whose Tyre apartment sustained damage during the 2024 Israel-Hezbollah conflict and again during current hostilities.
“We were displaced, we rented a house, but as you know the situation is very difficult,” the woman said. “We could not continue so we returned to our home.”
The current conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah started March 2, when Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel two days following a joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran, Hezbollah’s primary supporter. Israel has subsequently conducted hundreds of bombing missions and initiated a ground offensive in southern Lebanon, seizing numerous border towns and villages.
Since the conflict began, Lebanon and Israel conducted their first face-to-face negotiations in over thirty years. The two nations have remained officially at war since Israel’s establishment in 1948.
A ten-day ceasefire announced in Washington took effect April 17, with officials later extending the agreement by three additional weeks.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported Friday that combat fatalities have reached 2,618 with 8,094 people wounded.
