Overview
- An Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which officials disclosed Wednesday, targeted a Hezbollah Radwan unit commander identified as Malek Balou, a leader from an elite force Israel accuses of planning cross‑border raids.
- Following Wednesday’s escalation, Israeli attacks Thursday in Lebanon’s Nabatieh district killed at least 12 people and wounded 37, with health officials reporting strikes on towns including Haboush, Doueir and Harouf.
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reports 2,727 killed and 8,438 wounded since March 2, and the United Nations cites World Health Organization data of at least 151 attacks on clinics, ambulances and medical teams.
- Israel ordered residents to leave multiple southern towns this week, and Hezbollah claimed new operations, including a Friday missile strike on a base near Nahariya that Israel said caused no casualties.
- A U.S. State Department official said Israeli and Lebanese delegations will meet May 14–15 in Washington to try to steady the ceasefire, a push complicated by fresh strikes, mass displacement and repeated hits on health services.