Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least nine people, the Lebanese health ministry said, with the Israeli military saying it was reviewing the reports. Deadly Strikes In Kfar RoummaneThe ministry said eight people, including a child and two women, were killed in one strike that destroyed a residential building in Kfar Roummane overnight. It said a second strike hit a vehicle and killed a paramedic. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency earlier reported an initial toll of 11 deaths from the two strikes. The health ministry said the building strike also left 11 people injured, including four children and two women, as well as a paramedic from the Islamic Health Association, an emergency service linked to Hezbollah. It said one of those injured was from the Islamic Health Association and that the total number of people killed was eight, before later details were provided about the vehicle strike. The National News Agency said the first strike destroyed a three-storey residential building near the town’s Shuyuiya roundabout shortly after midnight. Paramedics Targeted, Ministry SaysThe ministry said the second strike hit a vehicle carrying paramedics from the Islamic Risala Scout Association, killing one and injuring two others. It said the Risala Scouts is an emergency service affiliated with the Amal movement, a Shia political group allied with Hezbollah. In its statement, the health ministry said the deaths were further evidence, in its view, of grave violations of international humanitarian law, including attacks on medics and children. Israeli Response And Hezbollah AccusationsThe Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. While there was no immediate comment from the military on Monday’s strikes, the Israeli foreign ministry accused Hezbollah of repeated drone attacks and of trying to rebuild its military capabilities in southern Lebanon. It said Hezbollah had also violated the ceasefire arrangement. On Sunday, Israeli strikes killed seven people across southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese officials, as Israel said it retaliated for drone attacks by Hezbollah on troops in areas it occupies. Ceasefire Threats And Troop MovementsLebanese President Joseph Aoun said the escalation was putting June’s US-brokered ceasefire at risk. The ceasefire was intended to end fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and Aoun urged the international community to press Israel to stop the attacks. The strikes have intensified in recent days in areas near the strip of territory occupied by Israeli forces, where many residents have fled again. The latest attacks targeted Kfar Roummane, in Nabatieh district, only a few hundred metres from what the Israeli military calls its “security zone”. The trilateral framework agreed by Lebanon, Israel and the United States calls for Hezbollah to disarm, for Israeli forces to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon, and for the Lebanese army to deploy across the area. Wider War And Reported Death TollsLebanon has been drawn into the conflict since 2 March, when Hezbollah, backed by Iran, launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader. Israel responded with a bombing campaign across Lebanon and an invasion of a significant part of the country’s south. According to Lebanon’s health ministry, at least 4,362 people have been killed in Lebanon during the conflict, including 395 women and 259 children. The ministry’s figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israeli authorities say 40 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed during the conflict. Sara Moallaem, 35, a resident of Kfar Roummane, told the BBC she was asleep with her five children in a rental home when the explosions began. She said she moved them to a “safe room” while they waited for the blasts and sirens to stop, and she said some of the dead were distant relatives of her husband. She said she planned to move her family to Sidon, on the coast. Join the discussion? 7 September 2026
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