The funeral procession for the 13 victims of Israeli strikes on Kfar Roummane, Nabatieh, on Sept. 8, 2026. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/L'Orient-Le Jour)
Hundreds gathered in Kfar Roummane on Tuesday to bury 13 people, most of them members of the same family, who were killed by Israeli airstrikes without warning overnight on Monday. Israeli attacks continued across southern Lebanon throughout the day, but at a less intense pace than in recent days.
Thirteen coffins, two draped in Hezbollah flags, one covered with the banner of the Scouts of the Islamic Mission (al-Rissala), affiliated with the Amal Movement, and the rest with the Lebanese flag, were lined up in the village square.
An Israeli airstrike followed by a drone strike on an inhabited building in Kfar Roummane killed 12 people overnight Sunday into Monday: two Hezbollah members, brothers Hajj Hassan Mohammad Farhat and Hussein Mohammad Farhat, and 10 members of their family, including two children and an infant. Rescuers recovered one of the victims from the rubble Tuesday morning.
Ali Shahrour, a paramedic with the al-Rissala Scouts who was killed Monday by a separate strike on a car in the same area, was also buried Tuesday. Israeli attacks have killed more than 130 medical workers and rescuers since March 2.
Hundreds of mourners joined the funeral procession. Dressed in black, women sobbed as they held photographs of the victims while Israeli drones flew overhead. As the procession for Shahrour passed, his colleagues gave a military salute in his honor. Mourners carried banners bearing photographs of the victims.
“There are 13 martyrs, including a grandfather, a grandmother, two couples and their children, among them a 3-month-old baby,” Kfar Roummane Deputy Mayor Noureddine Noureddine told AFP. “This crime occurred at night, while they were sleeping. There was no military activity, nothing at all,” he said.
“Death to Israel, death to America,” participants chanted, with some waving Hezbollah flags. The procession stopped in front of the destroyed building before making its way through the village to the cemetery.
The Israeli army claimed Monday that it had targeted Hezbollah “infrastructure sites” in response to the launch of two explosive-laden drones toward its soldiers. Hezbollah did not confirm the claim. Israel added that “the claim that several uninvolved people were wounded or killed as a result of the strikes is currently under review.”
Since Friday, Israeli strikes have killed 27 people and wounded 69 others, according to the Health Ministry. The attacks have intensified in recent days after Israel announced that it had captured the key Hezbollah position at the Ali Taher ridge, which overlooks the region.
Elsewhere in the South
Another image from southern Lebanon on Tuesday showed an Israeli flag planted on a hill in Kfar Shuba, in the Hasbaya district. The mostly Sunni border village has remained inhabited in recent months despite the occupation, according to our correspondent. Israeli forces entered the village overnight. They first entered Kfar Shuba on Aug. 29 and also raised an Israeli flag on a house.
Residents of Mansouri, in the Sour district, heard four massive Israeli explosions Tuesday morning, after more than 15 explosions the previous day. Israeli forces have carried out extensive home demolitions there for several days, and also bombarded the village several times overnight.
The Israeli army also carried out a demolition near Beni Hayan in the Marjayoun district. According to information from our correspondent, Israeli forces used artillery and machine-gun fire, as well as a Merkava tank, to target the outskirts of Zawtar Sharqieh near Mayfadoun in the Nabatieh district.
Despite the intensity of the previous days, Israeli attacks remained sporadic overnight, according to our correspondent. They consisted mainly of artillery fire and automatic-weapons fire in several border villages. Israeli forces fired from Beit Yahoun toward the outskirts of Aita al-Jabal, maintained sustained fire toward Khiam and Beit Yahoun, and shelled the Dabshe area in Kfar Roummane.
At midnight, Israeli forces opened fire toward the outskirts of Braasheet, while artillery targeted the area between Braasheet and Beit Yahoun. The shooting then spread to the outskirts of both villages and continued toward the vicinity of Aita al-Jabal.
On Monday, Israeli airstrikes hit seven villages in southern Lebanon, while drone strikes hit three others. Intense artillery fire also hit seven villages. Israeli forces also set homes ablaze in Mansouri and another village.
Additonal reporting contributed by Mountasser Abdallah.
