Deadly Easter: Israeli strikes pound Beirut southern suburb, kill six of same family in South
A strike on a residential building in Jnah killed four and wounded 39, according to a preliminary toll.
by l'orient today stafff · L'Orient TodayBEIRUT — Israel launched a series of strikes across Lebanon on Sunday, hitting Beirut’s southern suburbs and several areas in the South, killing at least 39 people, including a Lebanese soldier his displaced family, according to preliminary tolls from the Health Ministry.
In Beirut, Israel struck the southern suburb eight times shortly after noon on Easter Sunday, including a strike on a residential building in Jnah that killed four people and wounded 39 others, according to an initial toll. The three-story building was located in a densely populated area that was not included in Israel's evacuation threats.
The attack marked the most powerful strike in a wave launched earlier in the day, which Israel claimed targeted "Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut."
Six members of a displaced family killed
In southern Lebanon, at least six members of the same family were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on the village of Kfar Hata, east of the coastal city of Saida. The village was hit by six Israeli airstrikes after 2 a.m.
Among the victims was a Lebanese Army soldier, the military said. The army said it "mourns the loss of Corporal Hussein Ali Nahle, who fell in the line of duty on April 5, 2026, during an Israeli airstrike on the town of Kfar Hata, near Saida." Born in Saida in 1996, he was 29. He was killed alongside five relatives after they had fled their home in Kfar Tibnit, in the Nabatieh district. He is the seventh Lebanese soldier killed by Israel since fighting resumed on March 2.
The strikes mainly targeted a house, where six members of the Nahle family had taken shelter after fleeing Kfar Tibnit following the start of the war on March 2, our regional correspondent reported.
An official toll from the Health Ministry reported that the Israeli strike killed seven people, including a four-year-old girl. The victims were identified as Ali Nahle and his wife Jamal Harb; their son, Hussein Nahle; their daughters, Rima and Roula Nahle; and Roula’s daughter, Amal Farran.
The Israeli attack triggered a new wave of displacement, with around 3,000 residents fleeing Kfar Hatta to Saida, where they were temporarily housed in displacement centers, according to our correspondent.
Israel strikes near the last bridge linking Sour to Saida
Other Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon on Sunday also caused casualties.
At least three people were killed and several others wounded in an overnight strike on the village of Siddiqine, in the Sour district, according to an initial toll from the Health Ministry.
Ali Hassan Awada, a member of the Amal Movement, was killed in a strike on the village of Shaqra, in the Bint Jbeil district, and five others were wounded. Also in the Sour district, an Israeli strike on Batoulieh killed one and another on Ain Baal wounded several others, rescue workers told our correspondent.
Additional Israeli strikes hit the main road in Beit Yahoun (Bint Jbeil district) cutting off traffic, as well as the towns of Zrarieh (Saida), Adsheet (Marjayoun) and the al-Jallahiyeh neighborhood in Khiam (Marjayoun).
Two strikes also hit near the Qasmieh-Burj Rahal bridge on the highway linking Sour to Saida, one of the last crossing points over the Litani River still usable and not yet destroyed by Israel.
Israeli artillery fire also targeted the villages of Mansouri and Byout al-Siyyed, in the Sour district, as well as Kounin, in the Nabatieh district.
Israeli attacks across Lebanon have killed at least 1,461 people and injured 4,430 others since March 2, the Health Ministry reported.
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