1 killed, 8 injured in intensive IOF strikes on Nabatieh, S. Lebanon
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Over 20 Israeli raids targeted the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon, striking areas including Kfar Tebnit and Kfarrouman, amid low-altitude flights by occupation aircraft.
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Smoke rises from the site of the strikes by the Israeli Air Force on Nabatieh, Lebanon, May 8, 2025 (Social media)
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Thursday that one person was martyred and eight others were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes on Nabatieh in the morning.
Earlier, Israeli warplanes unleashed a wave of strikes on southern Lebanon Thursday, striking the Nabatieh district with over 20 air raids, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.
Our correspondent reported that the Israeli fire barrage targeted Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tebnit, and Kfarrouman.
In yet another act of unrestrained aggression, Israeli warplanes launched over 15 airstrikes on South Lebanon’s #Nabatieh district, targeting villages including Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Kfar Tibnit, and Kfar Remman, areas where schools were in session.#AlMayadeen’s correspondent… pic.twitter.com/MZUrYuKfJw
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 8, 2025
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the occupation later launched two additional airstrikes on villages in the Nabatieh district, while Israeli warplanes continued to fly at low altitudes over the south.
"Israel" intensified its aggression on southern Lebanon, launching more than 15 air raids on the #Nabatieh district in a single wave.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) May 8, 2025
According to #AlMayadeen’s correspondent, the Israeli raids targeted multiple villages across the district, while warplanes executed a fire belt… pic.twitter.com/mpOuvQfQOm
This comes as the Israeli occupation continues its violations of the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, launching attacks with drones and killing Lebanese residents on a near-daily basis.
The terrorist government of Israel through their Air Force carried out extensive attacks in Lebanon. In Nabatieh and the Kfar Reman Hills in south Lebanon over a dozen of times. pic.twitter.com/OlG6motztb
— sonja van den ende (@SonjaEnde) May 8, 2025
Israeli violations must come to an end, Lebanese PM says
Following the strikes, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam underscored that all Israeli violations and breaches of Resolution 1701 and the ceasefire understandings must stop.
While chairing a security meeting at the Baalbek-Hermel governorate headquarters, Salam stressed that his government “has not and will not spare any effort to expedite Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanese territory.”
Earlier in the day, the occupation forces also shelled the Bustra Farm and the outskirts of Shebaa.
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that the passengers of a civilian vehicle survived after Israeli occupation forces opened fire on it between the towns of Kfar Kila and Odeisseh.
'Israel' continues to violate ceasefire agreement
In the latest series of violations, an Israeli drone strike targeted a car in southern Lebanon's al-Villat area near Sidon, killing one person, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported on May 7.
Earlier on May 6, an Israeli drone struck a civilian car in Kfarrouman's university district within the Nabatieh Governorate, according to Al Mayadeen's southern Lebanon correspondent, killing one person.
On May 4, Israeli Air Force jets carried out multiple airstrikes on the Shaara Heights in Lebanon’s eastern mountain range, according to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, while the National News Agency reported the jets circling persistently at low altitude over the Bekaa Valley.
Southern Lebanon came under intense Israeli drone assaults on May 3, with strikes hitting multiple towns and raising fears over the deliberate targeting of civilians, medical workers, and environmental activists.
According to Al Mayadeen's correspondents, Israeli drones launched airstrikes on the towns of Qabrikha, Tallousa, and the outskirts of Khartoum in the southern governorate. Additionally, a separate drone strike involved the dropping of grenades near the town of Marjayoun, further escalating tensions in the area.
