More Israeli strikes hit towns across southern Lebanon

<article data-history-node-id="440293" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-israeli-strikes-hit-towns-across-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-israeli-strikes-hit-towns-across-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">More Israeli strikes hit towns across southern Lebanon </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">Israel launched another series of attacks against towns in southern Lebanon in violation of their ceasefire agreement, according to Al Jazeera reporters on the ground.</p> <p>The towns of Majdal Selem and Haris were hit with air strikes while Deir al-Zahrani and al-Nabitieh al-Fawqa were subjected to heavy artillery fire.</p> <p>This comes in spite of US officials reporting a “positive” round of talks between Lebanon and Israel in Washington on Thursday.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Deir El Zahrani on May 13, 2026. Kawnat HAJU / AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="73c0da11-4fd6-4d98-962a-4f6db0c756cf" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_B2RD2ND.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Deir El Zahrani on May 13, 2026. Kawnat HAJU / AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Deir El Zahrani on 13 May 2026 (Kawnat Haju/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>