2026-05-03: Lebanon Roundup

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Palestine Justice Coalition (2026-05-03). Saturday 5/2: Free Palestine/No War with Iran and Lebanon. indybay.org Ocean at Water Street, Santa Cruz…

ICRC (2026-05-03). Lebanon: Operational Facts and Figures – 2026. icrc.org

ICRC (2026-05-03). Lebanon: Maintaining water and essential lifelines as hostilities disrupt essential services. icrc.org

Editor (2026-05-02). The West's Bubble Of Illusion About Israel And About Itself — Is Finally Being Burst. scheerpost.com The genocide in Gaza and ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the West's moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the West's military primacy Jonathan Cook Substack [First published by Middle East Eye] For decades, two irreconciliable narratives about Israel and its motivations have existed in parallel. On the one side, an official western narrative portrays a …

al-monitor (2026-05-02). Lebanon says 13 killed in Israeli strikes in south. al-monitor.com Lebanon's health ministry said 13 people were killed on Friday in Israeli strikes in the south, including in a town where Israel's army had issued an evacuation order despite a ceasefire.The strikes in Habboush killed eight people, including a child and two women, and wounded 21 others, the ministry said, raising an earlier toll.Other strikes in Zrariyeh killed four people, two of them women, and wounded four more, it said.The ministry also reported a strike in Ain Baal near the coastal city of Tyre killed one person and wounded seven others.

newarab (2026-05-02). More killed, displaced as Israel strikes south Lebanon villages. newarab.com The Two people were killed when a strike targeted their vehicle in the village of Kfar Dajjal, while three people were killed in a strike on a house in the village of Al-Louaizeh. An overnight strike on the village of Choukine killed two people. | Artillery shelling was also reported on border villages. | An Israeli strike also targeted the…

aljazeera (2026-05-02). Devastation of Southern Lebanon continues under 'ceasefire'. aljazeera.com At least 41 people killed as Israel launches 50 airstrikes on southern Lebanon in 24 hours.

Oded Yaron (2026-05-02). Israel acquiring low-cost systems from U.S. to intercept drones. haaretz.com The U.S. will supply Israel with 10,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System kits, valued at almost $1 billion, that turn air-to-ground rockets into precision munitions capable of downing drones, but not the small FPV drones threatening IDF forces in southern Lebanon…

Agence France-Presse (2026-05-02). Hezbollah's cheap drones pose challenge for Israel — like 'children's toys'. scmp.com Hezbollah's cheap fibre-optic drones are creating new challenges for Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, forcing the military to adapt its tactics against an increasingly lethal threat. | The Israeli military — considered one of the most advanced in the world — has confirmed two soldiers and one civilian contractor killed in explosive drone attacks in under a week, with several others wounded despite a ceasefire in place since mid-April.

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