Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens
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Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents.
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Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded as safe by residents. Listen · 3:57 min Share full article By Amelia Nierenberg and Sarah Chaayto Sarah Chaayto reported from Ain Saadeh, Lebanon. April 6, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET Residents in Lebanon were reeling on Monday from an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes in recent days, including in an area near Beirut, the capital, that had once been considered safe from attacks. Lebanon’s health ministry said that 39 people had died on Sunday as a result of the war, most of them killed in Israeli airstrikes. Since fighting escalated last month between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese group, at least 1,461 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the ministry. On Sunday, more than 20 of those killed were in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut, areas that have experienced heavy Israeli bombardment over the past month. The Lebanese health ministry said that five people were killed in Jnah, a residential and commercial neighborhood in the Dahiya, an area in the southern outskirts of Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway and which has long been a focus for Israel. At least seven people, including a 4-year-old girl, were killed in an Israeli raid farther south in the town of Kfar Hatta, the Lebanese health ministry said. A member of the Lebanese Armed Forces, Cpl. Hussein Ali Nahleh, was also killed in a strike there, the Lebanese military said . The attack comes days after Israel outlined plans to occupy much of southern Lebanon, even after its current ground offensive ends. Ain Saadeh, a town east of Beirut that residents have long deemed safe, was also hit by an airstrike on Sunday. The town, a majority-Christian community nestled in the hills overlooking Beirut, is one of many mountain towns that are typic...
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