[48374] Hezbollah reports attacks against IDF forces in southern Lebanon in response to ceasefire violations

Escalation in southern Lebanon: Hezbollah reports attacks against IDF forces

On Sunday, May 3, 2026, الإعلام الحربي في المقاومة الإسلامية (the media wing of Hezbollah) announced that the organization's fighters carried out an attack using an offensive unmanned aerial vehicle at 11:30, directed at a "concentration of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army" in the town of Al-Bayada. The organization's statement claimed that the attack was carried out "in response to the ceasefire violations by the Israeli enemy and to the attacks that hit villages in southern Lebanon and led to the deaths of martyrs and several injuries among civilians." This report was simultaneously confirmed by وكالة شهاب | عاجل.

In addition, the channel النبطية حاضرة جبل عامل〄 Nabatieh detailed a series of operations carried out the previous day, on May 2, 2026, as part of what the organization calls the "Battle of the Eaten Straw" (the Devouring Storm). According to the report, the organization attacked at 10:30 and 10:35 using unmanned aerial vehicles against IDF targets in Al-Bayada, including a Spike anti-tank position. Furthermore, artillery fire was reported at 14:30 against forces at the Jenejel outpost in the town of Al-Qantara, and an additional round of artillery attacks took place on the night of May 2 at 22:15 against Al-Bayada.

The organization's statements emphasize that "the Islamic resistance is committed to defending its land and its people" and that the actions constitute a direct response to what is described as "the Israeli enemy crossing the lines of its crimes." These sources present a narrative of defense against Israeli violations of the ceasefire agreements and emphasized that the actions were intended to curb the "enemy's dangerous goals against Lebanon, the state, the people, and the resistance."