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Al Mayadeen News, March 2, 2026
As Israeli strikes hit Lebanon, targeting civilian sites in the South, East, and in the Southern Suburb of Beirut, civilian casualties continue to mount.
“Israel” has killed 52 Lebanese civilians and injured 154 others during the aggression on Lebanon, the Lebanese government’s Disaster Management Unit announced on Monday, adding that at least 28,500 have been forcibly displaced from their homes.
Moreover, the Israeli occupation launched six missiles in an attack targeting a building facing Al Mayadeen’s headquarters in Jnah, Beirut, earlier tonight.
In recent hours, Israeli occupation forces also struck branches of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan Association, alongside five air raids on the Manshiyeh neighborhood in Beirut’s Southern Suburb, leveling three buildings completely.
Earlier attacks on Lebanon
The new escalation in the Israeli aggression began during the early hours of dawn, with Israeli occupation artillery targeting the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab and Israeli raids hitting the towns of al-Shahabiya in Tyre District and al-Sultaniya in Bint Jbeil District, killing three civilians in al-Shahabiya and four in al-Sultaniya. Strikes also hit Burj Qalaway, while occupation forces simultaneously targeted Nabatieh, Adshit, Harouf, Toul, and Kfour.
Along the southern border, Israeli forces targeted homes and surrounding areas in Yaroun, Aitaroun, and Khiam, as heavy artillery shelling pounded the border areas. An Israeli drone strike even targeted the center of Mays al-Jabal. In eastern Lebanon, Israeli warplanes flew at low altitude over the western and northern Bekaa valleys.
As morning broke, strikes intensified across Tyre District, with Israeli warplanes targeting Qana, Hallousia, Mahrouneh, and Aiteet, while strikes hit areas between al-Taybeh and al-Qantara. Hadatha in the Bint Jbeil District also came under fire.
By mid-morning, the assault had broadened further. Israeli warplanes struck Ain Qana twice, Kawnin, Arab Salim, Mansouri, and Srifa, while raids targeted al-Majdal in the Tyre District for the second time. Also in the Tyre District, warplanes targeted Burj al-Shamali and Wadi Jilo, while Ma’roub was struck for the second time. Strikes also hit Jmeijmeh, Siddiqin, the area between Yanouh and Ma’rakeh, and the outskirts of Zarariya, Al-Hawsh, and Tayr Daba.
