A visitor looks at photographs pinned to a map of South Lebanon during his visit to the exhibition "Hkeeli ya Jnoub" ("Tell me, oh South"), which aims to preserve the memory of villages destroyed by Israel in southern Lebanon, in Beirut, on July 17, 2026. (Credit: Joseph Eid/AFP)
SOUTH LEBANON — No respite in southern Lebanon, despite President Joseph Aoun's visit to Washington to reinforce the framework agreement between Beirut and Tel Aviv and to obtain an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories.
The Israeli army triggered a large explosion Sunday in the town of Kfar Tibnit (Nabatieh), the sound of which was heard in the villages of Nabatieh and Marjayoun while smoke was visible in the area, reports our south Lebanon correspondent.
The occupying forces also set fire to several houses in this village. Israeli drones also dropped two stun grenades twice on Mansouri (Sour), and three missiles were fired at Deir Siryan (Marjayoun).
On Sunday morning, Israeli military vehicles advanced up to the outskirts of Haddatha, toward Harris, opening fire with machine guns before pulling back. Artillery fire had previously hit Haddatha, while machine gun fire was heard in Qantara (Marjayoun).
Hezbollah meanwhile organized a protest in Sour in the afternoon to denounce what it described as "he agreement of humiliation and shame," referring to the framework agreement signed in June between Lebanon and Israel, reports our correspondent.
This sit-in gathered several dozen people, including Shia party MPs Hassan Ezzeddine and Ali Khreis of the Amal movement, representatives of Palestinian factions in the region, as well as local and religious figures.
Ezzeddine said that resistance is an " option to defend the land and sovereignty," considering the framework agreement as "means for Israel to achieve its political objectives after its military failure, granting it what it could not conquer by war."
He asserted that the political class had made gratuitous concessions and abandoned its national priorities, stressing the importance of resistance and rejecting any attempt to disarm it. He declared that "tomorrow's Lebanon will be neither an American protectorate nor an Israeli colony."
For his part, MP Khreis emphasized his rejection of direct negotiations with Israel, the framework agreement and pilot zones, demanding an "unconditional withdrawal" from all Lebanese territory, the return of displaced people to their villages, the reconstruction of destroyed areas and the release of prisoners held by Israel. He also reaffirmed the solidity of ties between the Amal movement and Hezbollah.
Night of violence Saturday in southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon was not spared Saturday night. The Israeli army carried out demolitions between Kounin and Beit Yahoun (Bint Jbeil), Zawtar Gharbieh and Mayfadoun (Nabatieh), as well as Khiam, Deir Siryan and Taybeh (Marjeyoun). Explosions were also heard in Mansouri Saturday, for the first time since the war resumed, according to our correspondent. Several homes were also set on fire in Haddatha, where thick smoke was visible.
Several drone attacks and other military operations also took place Saturday evening. An Israeli drone fired a missile on land between Haddatha and Harris (Bint Jbeil). Two civilians were injured by shrapnel: one was treated on site, the other was taken to hospital. A drone also fired two missiles on the strategic sector of Ali Taher, in Nabatieh. Other strikes hit the vicinity of Nabatieh Fawqa square. The Israeli air force also bombed Kfar Tibnit Saturday evening.
Our north Lebanon correspondent, reported that one of the Lebanese soldiers wounded by the explosion of a suspicious object Saturday in Mansouri, in the south, is a lieutenant from Cheikh Mohammad (Akkar). This explosion caused at least one death and one injury. The health ministry reported Sunday 4,328 deaths and 12,229 wounded since the start of the war.
Finally, residents, municipalities, mukhtars and local officials of the Marjayoun and Hasbaya districts called on the Lebanese authorities and international bodies to urgently intervene to reopen the Marjayoun-Nabatieh road (Khardali), the main route linking the region to Saida, Beirut, and Mount Lebanon, which has been closed for several months.
Reporting contributed by our regional correspondents, Muntasser Abdallah and Michel Hallak.
