War in the Middle East: several soldiers killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, what we know

The Lebanese army announced Saturday June 6, 2026 the death of several of its members in an Israeli strike in the south of the country, despite the ceasefire theoretically in force.

“Several soldiers, including an officer,” were killed “in a brutal Israeli attack…” having targeted a military vehicle on the road between Khardali and Nabatiyé, the army said in a press release. Asked by AFP, the Israeli army indicated that it was verifying this information.

Villages evacuated

The day before, the Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that an Israeli strike on southern Lebanon on Friday had left five dead, including a woman and a rescuerdeploring that “rescuers in operation are being targeted”.

“The Israeli enemy’s strike on the town of Zebdine, in the Nabatiyé district, killed five people, including a woman and a rescuer from the Risala association, and injured two people, including a rescuer,” a ministry statement said, making reference to an association affiliated with the Amal movement, an ally of Hezbollah.

L’armée israélienne a de son côté appelé samedi à the evacuation of five villages in southern and eastern Lebanon in anticipation of strikes against Hezbollah. “You must immediately evacuate your homes and move north of the Zahrani River,” said Avichay Adraee, an Arabic-speaking military spokesperson, on Telegram.

A new ceasefire announced, but not respected

And Hezbollah relancé les hostilités with Israel at the beginning of March, targeting Israeli soil to avenge the death of Iranian supreme guide Ali Khamenei in the Israeli-American offensive on Tehran.

Wednesday, at the end of a fourth session of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel in Washington, a new ceasefire agreement had been announcedla trêve en vigueur à partir du 17 avril nayant jamais été respectée.

The agreement normally provides a cessez-le-feu conditionné is a « arrêt complete » of the trucks of Hezbollah and a continuation at this stage of fire and operations by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. But Hezbollah rejected this agreement, like the previous one. On the ground, clashes continue.

Israeli strikes on Lebanon have more than 3 560 dead since the start of the war, according to the latest assessment by the authorities. On the Israeli side, 27 soldiers and a civilian contractor were killed in Lebanon, according to the army.

Source : AFP.

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