According to the reports, four were killed in Israeli strikes in the country's south, hours after the Israeli military said it intercepted two of three projectiles launched from Lebanon. Trump said overnight that hostilities between the sides would be scaled down
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According to the reports, four were killed in Israeli strikes in the country's south, hours after the Israeli military said it intercepted two of three projectiles launched from Lebanon. Trump said overnight that hostilities between the sides would be scaled down
11:37 AM • June 02 2026 IDT
Israeli strikes killed four people in southern Lebanon Tuesday, Lebanese media reported, as Hezbollah rocket fire continued despite U.S. President Donald Trump's overnight announcement that hostilities between the sides would cease.
The developments come after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Hezbollah had pledged through intermediaries not to attack Israel and that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to pull back forces preparing for a possible strike in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military said it intercepted two of three projectiles launched from Lebanon earlier Tuesday.
According to the Lebanese National News Agency, the IDF struck the village of Shehour, adjacent to the Litani River, and fired artillery nearby.
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Other Lebanese media outlets reported three drone strikes in Toul, resulting in one person killed, the NNA said. According to the reports, one strike targeted a vehicle. An additional strike was reported in Ghandouriyeh.
Later Tuesday, another vehicle was struck in the Nabatieh district, the Beirut-based Qatari-owned media outlet Al-Modon reported. According to the NNA, one person was killed in the strike. Al-Modon reported an additional strike in the city of Nabatieh. The NNA also reported that two Syrian farmers were killed while working in a field in Jebshit in the country's south.
On Monday, several Lebanese and Arab media outlets reported the IDF struck Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre – one of the largest hospitals in southern Lebanon. Four people were killed and 50 were wounded, the NNA said.
The strike cut power to the intensive care unit, but other parts of the hospital were still operating, reports said.
In a seperate incident, an Israeli drone strike killed a dentist along with his son and daughter in their vehicle, as they were returning from Sidon, the NNA said. According to the victims' families, the doctor had traveled to Sidon with his children to handle university and school matters and to sit exams.
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