[72588] Widespread wave of strikes in southern Lebanon and fierce battles in the Eastern Zoutar area

Over the past 24 hours, a widespread wave of IDF strikes was reported in various locations in southern Lebanon and the Beqaa Valley. According to reports from قناة الميادين | عاجل, Air Force aircraft struck a series of targets in the Tyre, Nabatieh, Sidon, and Jezzine districts, including the towns of Choukin, Srifa, Jarjouh, Haddatha, Yater, Kafra, Western Zoutar, Maydoun, Aramta, and Kfar Houneh. A report from قناة الميادين | عاجل noted that the strike on the town of Choukin resulted in three deaths in an "حصيلة غير رسمية" (unofficial count) of the "عدوان الإسرائيلي" (Israeli aggression).

At the same time, media channels affiliated with the Axis of Resistance reported fierce fighting in the area of Eastern Zoutar. According to شبكة قدس الإخبارية, "مقاومون يخوضون معارك" (resistance fighters are engaging in battles) with IDF forces. قناة الميادين | عاجل further claimed that the "مقاومة" (resistance) destroyed at least three tanks of the "احتلال" (occupation) and caused casualties among the soldiers.

In the Beqaa sector, airstrikes were reported in "جرود الهرمل" (the Hermel outskirts), in the Brital area, and in the Flawi outskirts. Lebanese channels also reported an airstrike inside the city of Sidon, in the "Al-Qiyaa" area, where, according to قناة الميادين | عاجل, two people were killed in a "حصيلة أولية" (initial count).

On the political level, النبطية حاضرة جبل عامل〄 Nabatieh quoted at length Giora Eiland, the former head of the National Security Council, under the headline of claims to Israeli media regarding a military and strategic failure in managing the war in the north, and also reported on indirect contacts between Iran and the US regarding a ceasefire, a move presented as reflecting the current Iranian position.