Israeli military forces launched extensive airstrikes and artillery bombardments targeting over a dozen towns and villages across southern Lebanon amidst the escalating regional war.
Amid the unprecedented regional war that erupted in early March 2026 following the US-Israeli Operation "Epic Wrath," Israeli forces have launched a heavy wave of airstrikes and artillery bombardments across southern Lebanon. The strikes form a major front in the broader conflict currently raging between Israel, the United States, and the Iran-backed "Axis of Resistance."
According to the Qatari state-funded network Al Jazeera, which extensively covers the ongoing regional escalation from an Arab perspective, Israeli warplanes conducted extensive strikes across multiple Lebanese municipalities. Al Jazeera reported that "Israeli airstrikes targeted" the towns of Qabrikha, Kafardounin, Burj al-Shamali, and Al-Marwaniyeh. A separate bulletin from the network noted further aerial bombardments hitting Toul, Nabatieh, Deir Kifa, and Froun, as well as additional strikes on Dbaal, Safad El Battikh, Kfar Remen, and Tebnine.
In addition to the intensive air campaign, Israeli artillery units targeted several strategic areas. Al Jazeera documented "Israeli artillery shelling" directed at the southern border areas of Naqoura, Wadi Hamoul, Jabal al-Batm, and Seddiqine.
These developments were immediately amplified by regional channels aligned with the "Axis of Resistance," such as the Iraqi outlet ONE Iraq, which broadcasted the reports of the artillery strikes and aerial bombardments directly to its followers. The severe escalation in southern Lebanon coincides with massive ongoing exchanges of fire, including ballistic missile and drone swarms launched by regional militias at major Israeli cities and US military installations.
ONE Iraq (ONEIQ1) directly mirrored Al Jazeera's reporting word-for-word in its broadcasts regarding the strikes in Lebanon.