Lebanon: Israeli Occupation Targets Several Areas and Destroys a Public School in the South

The Lebanese National News Agency reported that the Israeli occupation forces’ air force and artillery carried out a new series of strikes today, Monday, targeting scattered areas in southern Lebanon, resulting in the destruction of a government school and damage to property.

The agency stated that the occupation’s airstrikes also hit the area of Ain Al-Samahiyah, located between the towns of Zoutar Al-Sharqiya and Al-Nabtiya Al-Fouqa, as well as the town of Al-Qantara in the Marjayoun district. In addition, an excavator in the town of Kafr Kanna was targeted, sparking a fire that civil defense teams worked to extinguish. This occurred simultaneously with artillery shelling that targeted the course of the Litani River beneath the Shiqf Castle in the south of the country.

The agency clarified that the occupation forces “committed a new crime against the educational sector,” which led to the complete destruction of a government school building in Kafr Kanna through demolition and explosion. This came at a time when the school administration had announced the resumption of student registration as usual and was considering the possibility of remote learning.

Lebanon is witnessing continuous military and field escalation amid escalating violations and confrontations along the southern border since March 2 last year, resulting in hundreds of casualties, the displacement of thousands of residents from border villages and towns, and severe damage to infrastructure and property.