📰 2 sources 9 articles · 3 Oct 2026, 07:25 → 12 days ago

Continued Israeli shelling and raids on towns in southern Lebanon

Between 3 and 5 October 2026, border areas in southern Lebanon witnessed a series of Israeli artillery shelling, raids and explosions targeting several towns, including Wadi al-Salouqi, Tulin, Qantara, Braachit, Aitaroun, Mansouri, Haddatha and Zibqin, in addition to the burning of houses in the town of Houla. No information on injuries was reported in most of these incidents.

📍 Where things stand: Israeli artillery shelling continues on border towns in southern Lebanon; the latest reported incident targeted the outskirts of Zibqin on the evening of 5 October 2026, with no information on injuries.

⏱️ Timeline

3 Oct 2026, 07:25 Artillery shelling targeted Wadi al-Salouqi toward the town of Tulin in southern Lebanon, with no information reported on injuries or damage.
3 Oct 2026, 08:14 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported a raid targeting Wadi al-Hijir toward the town of Qantara, within a series of ongoing raids and shelling on areas in the south, including a raid with a missile that did not explode toward Qantara, a raid on the valley at the outskirts of Deir Seryan, artillery shelling targeting Wadi al-Salouqi toward Tulin, and illumination bombs dropped over Majdal Zoun, Mansouri and their surroundings, while the National News Agency reported two raids on the town of Bani Hayyan.
3 Oct 2026, 15:18 Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the town of Braachit in southern Lebanon, coinciding with a sound bomb dropped over Wadi al-Salouqi from the direction of Shaqra and an Israeli explosion in the town of Qantara. The National News Agency also reported that Israeli forces burned houses in the town of Houla in the Marjeyoun district.
3 Oct 2026, 15:35 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported hearing the sound of an explosion in the town of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon.
3 Oct 2026, 22:38 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that Israeli artillery shelling continued and targeted the town of Mansouri in southern Lebanon, as stated in the live news bulletin of Saturday 3 October 2026 at 22:31.
4 Oct 2026, 14:14 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported an explosion in the town of Mansouri, after earlier announcing an Israeli raid that targeted the same town. This coincided with a series of Israeli raids and Israeli warplane overflights over areas in southern Lebanon and the western Bekaa, including Kfartabnit, Wadi al-Hijir and the outskirts of Qantara, in addition to an explosion at the outskirts of the town of Braachit.
4 Oct 2026, 22:13 A Lebanon Debate correspondent reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the town of Haddatha in southern Lebanon on the evening of Sunday 4 October 2026, amid the continuation of Israeli attacks on Lebanese border towns.
4 Oct 2026, 23:57 The website alkhabaralyemeni.net reported that the Israeli army carried out an explosion targeting the outskirts of the town of Braachit in southern Lebanon, while its artillery shelled the town's outskirts and the area between the towns of Haddatha and Hariss, noting that the shelling targeted the towns of Mansouri, Haddatha and Houla, as well as Wadi al-Salouqi and the Khiam plain, and reached the outskirts of the town of Kfartabat. An Israeli drone dropped a sound bomb between the towns of Shaqra and Braachit toward a citizen without any injuries recorded, and drones and warplanes flew over the area.
5 Oct 2026, 22:43 The National News Agency reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the town of Zibqin in southern Lebanon, amid a series of ongoing raids and shelling in border areas of the south.