An elderly woman walks past Lebanese civil defense workers searching through the rubble in the southern Lebanese village of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr on May 20, 2026, a day after Israeli strikes. (Credit: Kawnat Haju/AFP)
SOUTH LEBANON— Rescue operations after Tuesday’s Israeli strike on Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in southern Lebanon have recovered 13 bodies and rescued two wounded, according to the municipality and our correspondent.
According to the head of the municipality, Ali Kassir, among the victims are 11 members of the same family, originally from the village, as well as a Syrian couple whose son was injured.
The members of the same family are Mohammad Abbas Najdi (known as Abu Qassem) and Batoul Daoud Kourani (Oum Qassem), a young man named Oussama Mohammad Najdi, Alaa Dibou, his wife Zahraa Mohammad Najdi and their children, Malika, Maria and Mohammad Baqer, as well as Zeinab Mohammad Najdi and her children, Hassan Slim and Hamza Slim.
According to Kassir, rescue teams initially retrieved seven bodies from the rubble, while the other victims were still trapped under the debris. The municipality later announced it had recovered 13 bodies.
This death toll from a single strike is one of the highest since the cease-fire began on April 17. So far, this truce has not stopped attacks by the Israeli army, which continue mainly in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa, nor those by Hezbollah.
In addition, the municipality of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr also announced the killing of three of its residents, in Israeli strikes carried out in recent days.
Reporting contributed by our correspondent Muntasser Abdallah.
