A large Israeli detonation in the village of Haddatha (Bint Jbeil district) at about 2 a.m. on Aug. 2, 2026. (Credit: Muntasser Abdallah)
BEIRUT — The Israeli army continued its campaign of detonating infrastructure in southern Lebanon Saturday night and dropped a grenade on a car in Sarbine (Bint Jbeil district) on Sunday morning, wounding Lebanese Army soldiers, according to our correspondent in the region. The Israeli army also dropped explosives on the heights of Ali al-Taher (Nabatieh) on Sunday morning.
According to our correspondent, a small Israeli drone dropped a grenade on a civilian car in the village of Sarbine while it was being escorted by a Lebanese Army patrol, resulting in five minor injuries, including to army personnel. The Lebanese Army, whose anniversary was Saturday, is tasked with deploying in "pilot zones" in southern Lebanon as part of the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
This attack comes on the eve of a new round of direct negotiations between Lebanon and Israel in Rome, intended to further the implementation of the framework agreement concluded in June, which established "pilot zones" where the Lebanese Army deployed to disarm Hezbollah, without intervention from the Israeli army.
The Israeli army has recently increased its bombing of Ali al-Taher and has repeatedly claimed the strategic hill contains an underground Hezbollah "command base."
After 9:30 p.m. Saturday, the Israeli army blew up houses and infrastructure near the village of Zawtar Sharqieh (Nabatieh district), close to Zawtar Gharbieh, one of the "pilot zones" under the Lebanon-Israel framework agreement.
The explosion was followed by another in the village of Tallousa (Marjayoun). An Israeli Merkava tank also fired three shells at the village of Haddatha (Bint Jbeil). In parallel, machine-gun fire targeted the village, while similar fire was directed at Qantara (Marjayoun).
The Israeli army also blew up houses and infrastructure in the village of Kounin (Bint Jbeil). Detonations were also reported in the town of Bint Jbeil.
At around 2 a.m., the Israeli army carried out a large-scale demolition targeting several houses in the village of Haddatha. The blast was heard far from the site, and thick smoke was seen rising from the area.
In total, the Israeli army carried out one airstrike, conducted detonations in seven villages, and burned houses in two other villages Saturday.
On Sunday morning, the explosions continued, as two Israeli detonations were reported in Taybeh (Marjayoun).
Politically, Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said "what the enemy is doing in terms of destroying everything connected to civilian life must become a cause for all Lebanese, regardless of political differences." He added that "primary responsibility falls on the state, which could have taken effective steps, but instead the authority chose to sign an agreement that offers nothing but a gift to the Israeli enemy."
Meanwhile, Tashnag MP Hagop Terzian said "the continued Israeli attacks raise questions about the usefulness of negotiations in the absence of Israeli commitment," stressing that the priority should be "Israel's withdrawal and the reconstruction of the South."
Separately, the Amal Movement announced the death of Hussein Yassin Ibrahim on Saturday night. He died of wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike that targeted the village of Touline (Marjayoun).
Despite the cease-fire agreement reached after months of war between Hezbollah and Israel, the Israeli army continues its campaign of demolishing infrastructure in what it calls the "buffer zone," which includes dozens of occupied villages in southern Lebanon.
On Thursday night, Israeli forces carried out large-scale demolitions in the Beaufort Castle sector in the Nabatieh district, which they occupy, saying they had destroyed several Hezbollah tunnels. The Crusader-era site, located in occupied southern Lebanon, was added last week to UNESCO's List of World Heritage in Danger. The damage appears to have affected the site's perimeter but not the fortress itself.
The war resumed on March 2 after Hezbollah carried out its first attack in 15 months, two days after the start of the war between the United States and Iran. More than 4,300 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2.
Reporting contributed by our correspondent in the South, Muntasser Abdallah
