Four killed in new Israeli strikes on south Lebanon: Ministry

AFP , Saturday 25 Apr 2026

Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on Saturday in the country's south killed four people, despite a ceasefire that was extended this week in the war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Mourners carry the coffin of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil during her funeral procession in Bissar
Mourners carry the coffin of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil during her funeral procession in Bissariye town, south of Sidon. AFP

 

"Two Israeli enemy strikes, on a truck and a motorbike, in the town of Yohmor al-Shaqeef in the Nabatieh district, killed four people," a ministry statement said.

The deaths came after Israeli strikes killed six people in south Lebanon's Wadi al-Hujair, Touline, Srifa, and Yater on Friday, according to the ministry.

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday in Washington that a 10-day ceasefire in Lebanon, which began on April 17, had been extended for three weeks.

The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli artillery shelling on several locations in southern Lebanon on Saturday.

It also reported a "violent explosion" in Khiam, a strategic town along the eastern part of Lebanon's border with Israel, where the agency has previously said the Israeli army has been "systematically" destroying houses and other buildings.

Israeli attacks have killed more than 2,490 people in Lebanon since March 2, according to authorities.

On Friday, Hezbollah lawmaker Ali Fayad said the group reserved the right to respond to any Israeli "aggressions" during the truce, adding that extending the ceasefire "makes no sense" in light of continued "hostile acts" by Israel.

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