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2026-05-27: Lebanon Roundup

So far today: 2026-05-27 09:06am GMT

WSWS (2026-05-27). Israel escalates rampage in Lebanon. wsws.org Israeli forces struck Lebanon with more than 120 air raids on Tuesday, the sharpest single-day escalation since Israel resumed its bombing of the country in early March. The Lebanese health ministry said at least 31 people were killed and 40 wounded in attacks across the south and the Bekaa Valley.

aljazeera (2026-05-27). Israel 'intensifies' attacks in Lebanon killing at least 31 people. aljazeera.com At least 31 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon.

Reuters (2026-05-27). Israel pounds Lebanon with heaviest bombing in weeks, expands ground operations. scmp.com Israel pounded Lebanon with more than 120 air strikes on Tuesday in one of the heaviest days of bombing in weeks, Lebanese security sources said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military was deepening its operations in the country. | The bombing raids further strained a ceasefire announced on April 16 that was meant to halt fighting between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, and ‚Äåcame as Iran said the United States had violated a separate truce by striking…

| Anadolu Agency | (2026-05-27). Israeli airstrikes kill 31, wound 40 in southern Lebanon. tribune.com.pk At least 31 people were killed and 40 injured in Israeli airstrikes Tuesday in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. | The strikes targeted the towns of Burj al-Shamali, Kawthariyet El Riz, Habboush, Maarakeh and Selaa. | Lebanon's state news agency NNA reported that at least 10 people were killed, including women and children, in a single strike on Burj al-Shamali. The outlet also reported at least three airstrikes near the Qaraoun Dam in eastern Lebanon, home to the country's largest water reservoir. | The strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to inten…

Human Rights Watch (2026-05-27). Lebanon Joins Mine Ban Treaty. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A team from the Mines Advisory Group (MAG) clearing unexploded cluster munitions on farmland in southern Lebanon, November 10, 2020. | © 2020 John Wreford/SOPA Images/Sipa via AP Photo…

Democracy Now! (2026-05-26). Democracy Now! 2026-05-26 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for May 26, 2026; U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to "Force Trump's Hand": Negar Mortazavi; "Designed to Break You": Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli Detention; "He Was in Agony": Tennessee Issues 1-Year Stay for Tony Carruthers After Botched Execution Attempt | Headlines for May 26, 2026; U.S. Bombs Iran Despite Peace Talks; Israel Strikes Lebanon to "Force Trump's Hand": Negar Mortazavi; "Designed to Break You": Gaza Flotilla Activists Faced Violence, Sexual Abuse in Israeli…

Amy Goodman (2026-05-26). US Bombs Iranian Ships Despite Ceasefire and Ongoing Peace Negotiations. truthout.org We get an update on the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran from journalist Negar Mortazavi, following the Pentagon's so-called self-defense strikes on two Iranian ships in the Strait of Hormuz Monday despite an official ceasefire and ongoing peace negotiations. The "chaotic" ceasefire "has been violated from day one," says Mortazavi, who notes that Israel's continuous attacks on southern Lebanon are… |

Jason Ditz (2026-05-26). At Least 31 Killed, 40 Wounded in Israeli Attacks on Southern Lebanon. news.antiwar.com As Israeli forces launch new ground offensives further northern into southern Lebanon, the IDF has also issued a flurry of evacuation notices in the already occupied southern areas, and the ensuing airstrikes against those areas left at least 31 killed and 40 others wounded, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The largest of the strikes …

newarab (2026-05-26). Israel pounds Lebanon with strikes, expands ground operations. newarab.com The bombing raids further strained a ceasefire announced on 16 April that was meant to halt fighting between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, but which Israel h…

| Reuters | (2026-05-26). Israel expands ground operation beyond demarcation line in south Lebanon as clashes intensify. tribune.com.pk The Israeli military has expanded its ground operations in southern Lebanon beyond a demarcation line that Israel set up several kilometres inside Lebanese territory after an April 16 ceasefire with Hezbollah, two sources said on Tuesday. | The sources gave no further details on the extent of the advance beyond the so-called "Yellow Line". | The line, separate from the ‚Å UN-demarcated "Blue Line" marking the frontier between Lebanon and Israel after Israel's withdrawal in 2000, forms part of a proposed buffer zone extending 5-10 kilome…

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