Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon

<article data-history-node-id="437818" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-killed-others-wounded-israeli-bombing-town-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/seven-killed-others-wounded-israeli-bombing-town-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill seven in southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="153" data-start="0">Israeli strikes killed seven people and wounded others in the town of Abbasiya in Tyre, southern Lebanon, on Thursday, the National News Agency reported.</p> <p data-end="309" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="155">The air strikes targeted several villages in southern Lebanon, where Israel attacked key bridges and infrastructure, largely&nbsp;cutting the area off from the rest of the country.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Two men stand gazing into the crater the day after an Israeli strike targeted the Qasmiyeh Bridge, located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district with others farther north, in southern Lebanon on 23 March, 2026. (AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="60a72b10-73c2-49a7-a78d-7d18a3e907d1" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Two%20men%20stand%20gazing%20into%20the%20crater%20the%20day%20after%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20targeted%20the%20Qasmiyeh%20Bridge%2C%20located%20on%20a%20main%20highway%20linking%20villages%20in%20the%20Tyre%20district%20with%20others%20farther%20north%2C%20in%20southern%20Lebanon%20on%20March%2023%2C%202026..jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="Two men stand gazing into the crater the day after an Israeli strike targeted the Qasmiyeh Bridge, located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district with others farther north, in southern Lebanon on 23 March, 2026. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Two men stand gazing into the crater the day after an Israeli strike targeted the Qasmiyeh Bridge, located on a main highway linking villages in the Tyre district with others farther north, in southern Lebanon on 23 March, 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>