Lina Altawell
08 April 2026•Update: 08 April 2026
At least four people were killed as Israel carried out an airstrike on southern Lebanon on early Wednesday, Lebanon’s official National News Agency reported.
The airstrike targeted a building in the Jal al-Bahr area near Hiram Hospital, killing four people, according to the news agency. Several other strikes targeted a position belonging to medics from the health authority in the town of Shaqra, leaving several people injured.
An artillery shelling also struck areas of Hanniyeh and Mansouri.
The news agency also reported airstrikes on the towns of Haddatha, Rab Thalathin, the Abbasiya area, Kafra and Jmeijmeh.
The attacks came hours after US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he agreed "to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."
However, Netanyahu's office said the two-week ceasefire "does not include Lebanon."
Israel has carried out airstrikes and a ground offensive in southern Lebanon since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2, despite a ceasefire that took effect in November 2024.
Lebanese authorities said that at least 1,497 people have since been killed and 4,639 others injured in the Israeli attacks.