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.
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