Air raids, shelling reported across southern Lebanon

<article data-history-node-id="439524" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/air-raids-shelling-reported-across-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/air-raids-shelling-reported-across-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Air raids, shelling reported across southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>National News Agency reported that Israeli forces bombed the towns of Khiam and Qantara overnight, as drones remained in the skies over southern Lebanon from Sunday night into the morning.</p> <p>The agency said Israeli forces also dropped flares over Braachit and shelled the outskirts of Safad El Battikh, Yater, Majdel Selm and Chaitiyeh.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in Nabatieh on 2 May 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="d43ce730-964c-47ed-a6f7-d42443ad55c6" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Smoke%20rises%20from%20the%20site%20of%20an%20Israeli%20airstrike%20that%20targeted%20the%20southern%20Lebanese%20village%20of%20Mayfadoun%20in%20the%20Nabatieh%20district%20on%20May%202%2C%202026..jpg" width="1341" height="754" alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in Nabatieh on 2 May 2026. (AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Mayfadoun in Nabatieh on 2 May 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <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 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>