Israeli forces early Wednesday demolished a four-story school building in southern Lebanon and struck an Ashura commemoration site, causing multiple injuries as violence persisted despite ongoing ceasefire negotiations, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The Israeli military detonated the Sheikh Naim Mahdi School in the center of Eastern Zawtar, reducing the four-story structure to rubble, the agency stated. Explosions also ripped through the Touline Valley along the Wadi al-Saluki road and shook Haddatha, where two large blasts occurred during the night, it added. A massive explosion additionally struck Beit Yahoun in the Bint Jbeil district, according to the NNA.
An Israeli drone directly targeted an Ashura commemoration site on the Kafra-Al-Asi road, wounding several people, the agency said. The attack on the religious gathering space came as an unmanned aerial vehicle flew over Beirut’s southern suburbs, heightening tensions in the capital, sources noted. The NNA provided no further details on the severity of the injuries sustained in the drone strike.
The attacks occurred amid stalled negotiations to end hostilities that began on March 2, which have killed 4,335 people, wounded 12,277 and displaced more than 1 million, Lebanese authorities said. Beirut and Tel Aviv signed a US-sponsored framework agreement on June 26 calling for Israel’s gradual withdrawal from occupied territory in exchange for Lebanese army deployment and the disarmament of armed groups including Hezbollah, the NNA reported. Israeli forces continue to occupy areas of southern Lebanon — some for decades and others since the 2023-2024 war — having advanced more than 10 kilometers into Lebanese territory during the current conflict.
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