This undated image of the 2-year-old Mariam Mohammad Fahs is among the victims of the horrific Israeli attack which targeted a building sheltering displaced families in the town of Saksakiyah, Lebanon. Photo courtesy of Quds news.
According to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), an Israeli air strike on the town of Saksakiyah in the Sidon district killed seven people in an initial toll, including a child, and wounded 15 others, among them three children.
Among the dead were three people killed in an Israeli strike on Zrarieh in the Sidon district, including two children.
The Lebanese Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre said the casualties resulted from an Israeli raid on the town earlier in the day.
In tandem, Quds News Network reported that at least 13 Lebanese civilians were killed and several others remained injured or missing after Israeli warplanes bombed a building sheltering displaced families in Saksakiyah.
The network identified one of the victims as two-year-old Mariam Mohammad Fahs, saying the building housed families displaced by previous Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon.
An entire Lebanese family from the Fahs clan were killed today in the horrific Israeli attack which targeted a shelter for the displaced in the town of Saksakiyah, southern Lebanon, according to media reports.
In another incident reported by Agence France-Presse (AFP), an Israeli drone strike in the southern city of Nabati targeted a motorcycle carrying a Syrian man and his 12-year-old daughter.
According to Lebanon’s health ministry, the father was struck once, then targeted again after attempting to flee the scene. The ministry said the drone later struck a third time, directly targeting the girl while she was still at the site. The father was killed, while the girl underwent emergency surgery for critical injuries.
Earlier Saturday, Israeli occupation forces carried out artillery shelling and house demolitions across multiple southern Lebanese towns, coinciding with clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters in the town of al-Bayada.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli shelling targeted Barashit, Safad al-Batikh, Toulene, Ghandouriyeh, and Froun.
Additional shelling and machine-gun fire reportedly struck Majdal Zoun, Mansouri, Beit al-Sayyad, and al-Bayada.
Israeli occupation forces also fired illumination flares over villages in the western and central sectors of southern Lebanon.
In the Bint Jbeil district, Israeli troops demolished homes in the al-Jabbaneh neighborhood, while artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of al-Ghandouriyeh at dawn.
Israeli drone strikes targeted the towns of Haris and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while artillery shelling struck the outskirts of Kfar Tebnit, Harouf, and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Al-Jazeera reported.
Additionally, three Israeli drone strikes specifically targeted Nabatieh al-Fawqa during the day.
The Israeli army also issued evacuation warnings for residents of several villages and towns in southern Lebanon.
First responders carry a body on a stretcher at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern village of Saksakieh, Lebanon. AFP
First responders and residents search the rubble for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern village of Saksakieh. AFP
The scale of destruction
Data released this week by Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health highlighted the scale of the humanitarian impact caused by Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2 March 2026. According to the ministry, the overall casualty toll had reached 11,165 people as of 7 May, including 2,727 killed and 8,438 wounded.
The ministry also reported extensive damage to Lebanon’s healthcare sector, saying 16 hospitals had been damaged and three others forced to shut down. It documented 134 attacks targeting emergency medical services (EMS).
According to the figures, 103 healthcare and emergency workers had been killed and 243 injured during the attacks. Among the dead were 98 EMS personnel and five healthcare workers, while injuries included 206 EMS workers and 37 healthcare staff members.
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Nabatieh. AFP
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