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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has appealed for help from the US and international community to stop Israeli strikes that have killed at least 7 people on September 6, 2026. The Israeli military said it targeted Hezbollah operatives and sites in response to a drone attack by the Iran-backed group, resulting in damage to government premises and destruction of an out-of-service hospital. According to Lebanon's health ministry, 20 people were wounded in addition to those killed, with most casualties occurring in south Lebanon's Nabatieh al-Fawqa. Mr. Aoun described the strikes as a "dangerous escalation" that has reached Lebanese state institutions and health facilities.
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Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon have killed at least 7** people and injured many others in recent days, despite a ceasefire agreement reached in June between Israel and Hezbollah. The strikes have been directed at areas controlled by Hezbollah, which has accused Israel of violating the truce.
The Israeli military claims it is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure and operatives, including "weapons storage facilities and terrorist structures", as well as a Hezbollah command center located inside a building previously used as a hospital. However, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has condemned the strikes on public buildings and hospitals as a "dangerous escalation" that targets civilian institutions.
The conflict escalated after Israel said it had captured the Nabatieh-area Ali al-Taher ridge, which it considers part of its self-declared "security zone" in south Lebanon. Hezbollah has not commented on Israel's declaration, but tensions have been rising between the two sides since a drone attack by Hezbollah on Israeli troops was reported.
The US has brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon, and a framework agreement was reached in June stating that Israel would withdraw from Lebanon as Hezbollah is disarmed. However, progress towards disarmament has stalled, and the situation remains volatile.
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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks, which killed at least seven people on Sunday (September 6, 2026) despite a truce and a framework deal aimed at halting the violence.
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Israel said it had targeted Hezbollah operatives and sites in response to a drone attack a day earlier by the Iran-backed group on its troops in the vicinity of a strategic south Lebanon ridge.
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It reported no casualties but accused Hezbollah of a "blatant violation".
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Israel this week said it had captured the Nabatieh-area Ali al-Taher ridge, which it considers part of its self-declared "security zone" in south Lebanon.
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Hezbollah, which has not claimed any attacks for weeks, has not commented on Israel's declaration of control over the site.
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Mr. Aoun said Sunday's (September 6, 2026) strikes, which damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were "a dangerous escalation... reaching Lebanese state institutions" and health facilities.
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He called on the international community -- particularly the United States, which has sponsored direct Israel-Lebanon talks and a framework agreement between the sides in June -- "to urgently act to stop these violations".
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Lebanon's health ministry said two people were killed in strikes on south Lebanon's Nabatieh al-Fawqa, with two women also killed in nearby Arab Salim.
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It said 20 other people, including several women and three children, were wounded there, as well as in the city of Nabatieh and town of Kfar Rumman.
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The ministry later reported that a strike on a parking lot near Nabatieh killed three more people.
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The ministry said one of the strikes in Nabatieh al-Fawqa "totally destroyed" the out-of-service Ghandour hospital, decrying "another grave violation of international humanitarian law".
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Israel's army said it targeted Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, including "weapons storage facilities and terrorist structures", as well as "a Hezbollah command centre that had been established inside a building previously used as a hospital".
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It had earlier issued its first evacuation notice in Lebanon in a month, warning residents near a building it called a Hezbollah facility in Arab Salim to leave ahead of an attack on the site.
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It did not issue warnings for other areas where strikes were reported.
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Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said that after the Israeli warning for Arab Salim, "enemy warplanes launched a strike on another house, destroying it" and killing the two women.
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It said the Israeli military subsequently carried out a strike on the building threatened in the evacuation warning.
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At the scene of the second strike, an AFP correspondent saw the ruins of a devastated villa, with large decorative columns laying on their side next to stairs littered with rubble.
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Haidar Haidar, the brother of the building's owner, told AFP that nobody had been living inside.
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At the other site in Arab Salim where the two women were killed, a mattress, furniture and other items, including a Hezbollah flag were strewn among the rubble, while neighbouring buildings were also damaged.
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The NNA also reported a strike on a motorcycle in the Nabatieh area and said that another in the city itself targeted a historical building and damaged offices belonging to finance and agriculture authorities.
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An AFP correspondent there saw rubble and extensive damage to adjacent buildings, shops and vehicles, as heavy machinery cleared the road.
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Dust and debris covered chairs and desks in the regional ministry offices.
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Nabatieh Mayor Abbas Fakhreddine said "the Lebanese government must take action... and at the least defend its institutions", adding that it was the second time the official buildings had been damaged by strikes.
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Lebanon was drawn into the wider West Asia war in March after Hezbollah attacked Israel in support of its backer Iran.
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Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion of Lebanon that Beirut says have killed more than 4,300 people.
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Violence has decreased since a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding on the broader regional conflict in June and the Israel-Lebanon framework agreement later that month.
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Israeli forces are operating inside a self-declared "security zone" around 10 kilometres (six miles) deep inside Lebanon along the border.
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