Overview
- An Israeli strike on a residential building in Ain Saadeh east of Beirut killed Lebanese Forces local official Pierre Mouawad, his wife Flavia, and visiting friend Roula Mattar in a Sunday blast.
- Israel said it struck a terrorist target east of Beirut and is reviewing the incident, while Lebanon’s army reported no new tenants in the hit apartment and opened an investigation.
- Hundreds gathered Tuesday in Mouawad’s mountain hometown for a charged funeral that mixed mourning with anger over the war as gunfire, party anthems, and flags filled the churchyard.
- Residents in the area reported expelling displaced families after the strike and local politicians urged tighter security, reflecting rising fear and rifts over who is sheltering in mixed neighborhoods.
- The Israel–Hezbollah fighting that renewed in early March has killed more than 1,500 people and displaced over one million in Lebanon, according to the Health Ministry.