Emre Demiral and Mohammad Sio<\/p>\n
21 September 2026\u2022Update: 21 September 2026<\/p>\n
The Israeli army set olive groves and citrus orchards in southern Lebanon ablaze with phosphorus munitions Sunday amid artillery shelling and a ground incursion involving three tanks, according to Lebanese state media.<\/p>\n
Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency (NNA) said the attacks affected towns and areas across Tyre, Nabatieh, Bint Jbeil and Marjayoun districts.<\/p>\n
In Tyre district, Israeli forces fired phosphorus munitions that sparked fires in olive groves and citrus orchards around the towns of Majdal Zoun and Buyout al-Sayyad.<\/p>\n
Majdal Zoun was also hit by a series of Israeli bombings and explosions as Israeli forces carried out a sweep of the area, with a large blast later reported in the town.<\/p>\n
Israeli artillery also struck the town of Al-Mansouri, where repeated explosions had been reported since midnight, as well as the outskirts of Buyout al-Sayyad. Israeli shelling also targeted Wadi Zibqin.<\/p>\n
Separately, a child was injured when an unidentified object left from the war detonated in the town of Debaal. The child was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, while authorities launched an investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n
In Nabatieh district, Israeli artillery targeted the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah toward Mayfadoun, while an Israeli drone dropped a stun grenade on the town.<\/p>\n
Heavy Israeli artillery fire was also reported in Yahmar al-Shaqif.<\/p>\n
In Bint Jbeil district, Israeli artillery struck a wooded area in Aita al-Jabal.<\/p>\n
Four 240mm artillery shells also landed on the outskirts of Haddatha toward the town of Haris, according to the agency.<\/p>\n
In Marjayoun district, an Israeli force comprising three Merkava tanks advanced toward Deir Mimas and blocked its entrance, disrupting residents\u2019 movement in and out of the town.<\/p>\n
The force searched several homes during the incursion and damaged telephone poles along the road before continuing its movements in the area.<\/p>\n
Israeli forces also fired four artillery shells at the town of Khiam and shelled Wadi al-Salouqi and Wadi al-Hujeir.<\/p>\n
The developments came a day after the Israeli army targeted paramedics in an airstrike and set more homes ablaze while carrying out demolitions, explosions and shelling across several areas of southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n
During the latest war, the Israeli army advanced about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) into Lebanese territory and established a security zone, or the \u201cYellow Line.\u201d<\/p>\n
On June 26, Lebanon and Israel signed a US-sponsored Framework Agreement in Washington providing for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory and the deployment of the Lebanese army to areas vacated by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n
Despite the agreement, Israel has continued to carry out attacks in southern Lebanon and maintains a military presence in parts of the south, including territory it has occupied for decades and other areas seized during more recent wars and military operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emre Demiral and Mohammad Sio 21 September 2026\u2022Update: 21 September 2026 The Israeli army set olive groves and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43,180804],"class_list":["post-622292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news","tag-sitekeywords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}