MIDNIGHT ESCALATION: Israeli Attacks and Heavy Shelling Across Southern Lebanon

Field Update: Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon from midnight until now

Ali al-Taher Forest

Time: Midnight–dawn

Weapons used: UAVs, explosive bombs, and phosphorus shells

Damage: Direct targeting of the forested area as part of preparatory fire.

Kfara Town

Time: After midnight

Weapons used: Israeli drone — precision strike

Damage: Two people injured after a residential house was targeted.

Wadi Saluki

Time: Early dawn hours

Weapons used: Heavy artillery

Damage: Intense artillery bombardment targeting the valley.

Outskirts of Al-Qantara

Time: Early dawn hours

Weapons used: Heavy artillery

Damage: Concentrated shelling of the outskirts leading toward the valley.

Haddatha

Time: Dawn–morning

Weapons used: Heavy bursts of gunfire and infiltrating military vehicles

Damage: Direct gunfire and targeting of movements inside the town.

Al-Mansouri Commons

Time: Late night–dawn

Weapons used: Heavy artillery — renewed bombardment

Damage: Shelling targeting open areas and communal lands.

Wadi Saluki — Toulin direction

Time: Early dawn hours

Weapons used: Heavy artillery

Damage: Sweeping fire targeting the vicinity of the valley.

Southern Airspace

Time: Dawn–morning

Weapons used: Fighter aircraft

Damage: Intensive low-altitude flights.

Direct Field & Military Assessment

Focus on the Ali al-Taher Area

The fire activity around this strategic hill, adjacent to Beaufort Castle and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, has been intense and systematic.

The Israeli approach appears designed to neutralize any positions capable of supporting defensive capabilities by combining drones, explosive ordnance, and phosphorus munitions to sweep the wooded terrain under a broader preparatory fire campaign.

Pressure on the Rear Lines

Targeting Al-Qantara, Wadi al-Hujeir, Wadi Saluki, and Haddatha appears aimed at isolating frontline villages and disrupting supply and movement routes.

The use of sustained machine-gun fire and military vehicle movements also appears intended to disrupt both civilian and field activity across the villages.