Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon kill one and injure six
Lebanese journalist Zeina Khodr wrote:
"Israeli air strikes targeting the Nabatieh district in southern Lebanon have killed one woman and injured six others.
Two strikes hit the town of Arab Salim, and a drone attack hit the town of Naqoura. This comes after the Israeli army accused Hezbollah of launching two drones at the Ali Taher area. In a statement, the Israeli military says it will continue to act forcefully against Hezbollah.
The Israeli military has also been carrying out air strikes targeting a residential area in the town of Arab Salim, and there are reports of civilian casualties.
Villagers had returned to their homes in recent weeks, hoping that the reduction in violence would continue as a result of the ceasefire, but what we’ve been seeing in recent weeks are these waves of violence.
Just 12 days ago, the Israeli military carried out strikes on two towns – Kfar Kila as well as Ansar – killing up to 11 people, among them children.
The Israeli military says these attacks are in retaliation for Hezbollah targeting its forces. They say that, overnight, Hezbollah used two armed drones to target its forces; there were no casualties.
The area where they accuse Hezbollah of launching those drone attacks is the Ali Taher ridge, very much contested territory.
The Israeli military says it won’t leave the area, as they believe there are underground facilities there as well. The area is south of the Litani River, and Hezbollah is not obliged under any agreement to disarm from it, so this conflict is far from over."
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‘This conflict is far from over’
This isn't about a conflict:
Netanyahu started a 12-day preemptive war on Iran on June 13, 2025, by claiming with no evidence that Tehran was accelerating its nuclear program. Three days later, he called on the US for help in the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, knowing that Hezbollah would respond.
In following six months, the Israeli Mossad and the American CIA were preparing the assassination. In the last month, Netanyahu vowed to attack Iran in 2026 again, which was a hint to us that there are attack plans.
On February 28, 2026, Israeli fighter jets fired a barrage of thermobaric Hellfire-type missiles on the building where Khamenei was traced by the CIA. The nearby located Golestan Palace was damaged by shockwaves produced by these missiles. This prompted Hezbollah to vow for revenge.
It is about a spillover of the resumption of the war on Iran, that Netanyahu began in June 2025, and resumed on February 28th., into Lebanon.
The issue of what has been described as "conflict" is not Hezbollah, the link Hezbollah-Iran or the link Hamas-Hezbollah, as they are to divert attention away from what has been regarding Iran since 2010:
In Menachem Begin's words" from 1968, a year after the Israelis secretly managed to develop three nuclear weapons: "Make sure that no enemy has a reactor." In modern-day language: "Make sure that Iran has no nuclear program."
Netanyahu has dragged Lebanon not just in his war on Iran but in his 30+ years obsession of ensuring that the Israelis are the only nuclear power in the Middle East.
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Israel trying to delay negotiations with Lebanon due to its upcoming vote: Lebanese source
A Lebanese source told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic that there is an attempt to delay the ongoing negotiations between Lebanon and Israel due to the upcoming Israeli elections in October.
According to the source, Israel talking about the failure of the pilot zones for military units in southern Lebanon to leave was also a “delaying tactic to buy time”.
“We tried to spare the Ali al-Taher heights from the battle, but our efforts were unsuccessful. Israeli military indicators do not point to a military development that goes beyond Ali al-Tahir,” the source said.
“There is no negligence on the part of the Lebanese army, but we do not want internal bloodshed. Israel does not want an international force in the south and seeks direct contact with the Lebanese army,” the source added.
On Hezbollah, the source said the government had sent messages to the group for consultations as they can be helpful in state-led negotiations, but there has been no response.
“There is an international consensus that Hezbollah cannot be disarmed by force or quickly,” the source added.
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As Hezbollah looks to negotiate with Iran, Lebanon’s government seeks talks with Israel
For the Iranian leadership and for Hezbollah, these two fronts are tied. It has been their position since the start of the conflict.
In fact, Hezbollah says it is one of the reasons they entered this conflict. They believe it will give them more leverage because there was supposed to be a ceasefire in Lebanon from November 2024, but for 15 months, there were near-daily Israeli air strikes, and the Lebanese government was not able to stop that.
So, Hezbollah’s argument is that it is better to negotiate with Iran because it gives them more leverage, but the Lebanese state sees things differently. They don’t want Iran to have a grip over Lebanon. They don’t want Iran to have any influence in negotiations, and it is one of the reasons why they’re engaged in direct negotiations with the Israeli-US-sponsored talks.
But those talks are now at a deadlock, with Israeli officials telling the Americans that they see these so-called pilot zones as a failure. So, basically, Israel is saying that the framework agreement it signed with Lebanon is not working.
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UNIFIL records 1,030 projectile launches in south Lebanon in a week
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has warned that “Despite lower levels of violence than earlier this year, the situation in south Lebanon remains fragile.”
The peacekeeping force said that between August 21-27, it recorded 1,030 projectile trajectories in the area, an average of 147 per day.
“Behind these numbers is a continuing toll on civilians, with homes and vital infrastructure damaged and communities struggling to recover,” UNIFIL said.
It added that it continues to monitor developments and “work with the parties to help prevent further escalation”.
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