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News ID: 153928
Publish Date : 21 September 2026 - 22:54

Israeli Phosphorus Bombs Set Lebanon’s Olive, Citrus Orchards Ablaze

BEIRUT (Dispatches) — Israeli warplanes and artillery struck multiple areas across southern Lebanon overnight and into Monday, as Hezbollah officials reiterated that the resistance remains steadfast t, and as displaced families across the south marked another week unable to return to their homes.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the outskirts of Kfar Tebnit and the Ali al-Taher woodland near Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while artillery shelled Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh and Khallet Mayfadoun throughout the night. 
Shelling also struck Beit Lif, Hadatha and the outskirts of Baraashit in the Bint Jbeil district, as well as Wadi al-Salouqi and the outskirts of Touline in Marjayoun.
Israeli forces fired phosphorus munitions that set olive groves and citrus orchards ablaze around Majdal Zoun and Buyout al-Sayyad in Tyre district, destroying agricultural land that forms the backbone of the local economy. 
A child was injured when an unidentified object left from the war detonated in the town of Debaal. An Israeli force comprising three Merkava tanks advanced toward Deir Mimas and blocked its entrance, searching several homes and damaging telephone poles. 
In the morning, Israeli warplanes struck the valley of Zibqin, while heavy artillery targeted Mansouri and Majdal Zoun. Before dawn, Israeli forces fired illumination flares over several villages and blew up homes in Mansouri.
Hezbollah parliamentary bloc member Hassan Fadlallah said Monday that the resistance is “standing firm, strengthening itself, and preparing to confront the enemy.” 
He emphasized that Israel’s threat targets all of Lebanon, not merely the south, and urged the resistance’s popular base to maintain steadfastness and resolve. 
Fadlallah stated that the resistance possesses the necessary power and capabilities to conduct military operations and target Israeli positions across Lebanon.
“We support indirect negotiations and diplomacy that relies on positions of strength.” He also warned that any attempt to exploit Lebanon’s internal difficulties would be met with a united national response.
The attacks continued despite the disgraceful U.S.-brokered framework agreement signed by Lebanon’s weak government and Israel on June 26. 
Residents of border villages say Israeli forces have demolished homes and leveled farmland since the agreement took effect, in what they describe as systematic efforts to render the area uninhabitable. Lebanese authorities have repeatedly condemned the operations and filed complaints with the UN Security Council.
Since March 2, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 4,386 people, injured 12,407 others and displaced more than 1 million, according to Lebanese authorities.

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