Israeli air attack kills at least two in southern Lebanon

An Israeli air attack has killed two people and injured another in the town of Deir Amas in the Tyre district, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli military expanded its operations across the war-battered country. The army also carried out several air raids in the town of Braiqaa in the south, destroying two homes, the National News Agency (NNA) reported, as millions of people observed the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday. Recommended Stories list of 3 items end of list The air raids came a day after Israeli attacks across southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least 31 people and left 40 others injured, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said. “Massive Israeli strikes pounded eastern Lebanon, hitting Machgharah in the western Bekaa, and another strike further north targeting the strategic Qaraoun Dam,” Al Jazeera’s Obaida Hitto reported from Tyre in southern Lebanon, elaborating on Tuesday’s attacks in eastern Lebanon. “More deadly strikes followed an evacuation order covering Nabatieh city.” Smoke rises following Israeli air raids on Rmadiyeh village in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on May 26, 2026 [AFP] In the village of Burj Shemali in Tyre, an Israeli air attack on Tuesday killed several people, including two children and three women, and wounded 16 others, among them five children and six women. …