📰 5 sources 11 articles · 26 Sep 2026, 08:55 → 18 days ago

Successive Israeli strikes on areas in southern Lebanon from Iqlim al-Tuffah to Mansouri

Southern Lebanon witnessed a series of Israeli airstrikes that on 26 September targeted the surroundings of Sajd and Jabal al-Rafii in Iqlim al-Tuffah, then continued in the following days on areas in southern Lebanon including Mansouri, Braasheet and Qantara. The strikes were reported by Lebanese and Israeli sources, and in Mansouri explosions hit the town's houses as well as its water network and wells.

📍 Where things stand: Israeli strikes and explosions continue in Mansouri, where the water network and wells were hit, while no information has been reported on the extent of damage or losses.

⏱️ Timeline

26 Sep 2026, 08:55 Airstrikes targeted the surroundings of the Sajd - Jabal al-Rafii area, according to Al-Jadeed channel. Other sources said the strikes hit the Iqlim al-Tuffah area, specifically the town of Sajd and Jabal al-Rafii. Lebanon Debate quoted the Lebanese National News Agency as saying that Israeli strikes targeted the heights of Iqlim al-Tuffah, and its correspondent said the strikes on the Sajd heights were carried out with concussion missiles whose sound reached Zahrani, and that Israeli aircraft carried out 3 raids on the outskirts of the town of Sajd. An Israeli news site also said the air force carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in the Sajd area of Jezzine district, southern Lebanon.
26 Sep 2026, 18:10 Israeli aircraft returned to fly over Jabal al-Rafii and the outskirts of Sajd in three raids monitored by a RED TV correspondent. The report described these heights as a strategic surveillance area over Iqlim al-Tuffah and the movement routes leading to Jezzine, the western Bekaa, the Litani valley and Nabatieh, and said that according to circulated information they contain weapons depots and centers belonging to Hezbollah.
27 Sep 2026, 14:32 The Hebrew site Intelli News reported that the Israeli army is carrying out strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, in a new military escalation in the region.
28 Sep 2026, 19:23 An Israeli Hebrew-language news site said the Israeli army bombed Hezbollah targets in the Mansouri area of southern Lebanon, without giving further details.
29 Sep 2026, 16:00 The Israeli army carried out airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in the village of Mansouri in southern Lebanon, according to an Israeli Hebrew-language news site.
29 Sep 2026, 17:11 An Israeli news site reported that the Israeli army bombed a Hezbollah target in the Braasheet area of southern Lebanon.
29 Sep 2026, 18:02 An Israeli news site reported that the Israeli army bombed a Hezbollah target in the village of Qantara in southern Lebanon. No further details were given on the nature of the target or on losses.
29 Sep 2026, 20:04 The Israeli explosions in the southern town of Mansouri extended to water sources and the water network, after hitting most of the town's houses, according to the delegate of the National News Agency in Tyre. The delegate explained that Israeli forces blew up the artesian wells and cut the water network apart, amid the continuation of their operations in the town. No information was available on the extent of damage to each well or on when the network could be restarted.

Timeline written by AI from the sources below; updated as new reports arrive.

How the sources covered it

Coverage varied between brief reporting of the strikes without further details (aljadeed and lebnaon today), reporting based on the National News Agency and its Tyre delegate including the number of raids (Lebanon Debate and lebanondebate.com), and reporting based on translated Israeli sites that stressed the targets belonged to Hezbollah (المترجم احمد المقادمة). The lebanondebate.com report was limited to strategic analysis of the targeted area, while the 29 September coverage focused on water damage in Mansouri.

aljadeed Limited to a short item about strikes on the surroundings of the Sajd - Jabal al-Rafii area, without details on their number, targets or an additional source.
lebnaon today Stated that the strikes targeted the Iqlim al-Tuffah area, specifically the town of Sajd and Jabal al-Rafii, without attributing the information to any party or giving other details.
Lebanon Debate Led with the Lebanese National News Agency and its correspondent, reporting that the strikes targeted the Iqlim al-Tuffah heights with concussion missiles whose sound reached Zahrani, and noting 3 raids on the outskirts of Sajd.
المترجم احمد المقادمة Relied on Israeli Hebrew-language sites and described the targets as belonging to Hezbollah, and in the following days followed strikes in Mansouri, Braasheet and Qantara without information on losses.
lebanondebate.com Focused on strategic analysis of the Jabal al-Rafii and Sajd outskirts area, describing it as a surveillance zone over Iqlim al-Tuffah and the routes to Jezzine, the western Bekaa, the Litani and Nabatieh, citing a RED TV correspondent for the monitoring of three raids.