Israeli strikes on southern Lebanese town kill 12 as fears of escalation mount | 7 Sep 2026 | Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese town killed at least 12 people including two children early on Monday, Lebanon’s health ministry said, in one of the ‌deadliest days of Israeli bombardment in recent weeks. Fears of a renewed Israeli military campaign are mounting in Lebanon after days of escalating strikes despite a June ceasefire that was meant to halt fighting between the Israeli military and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. A woman who said she was related to at least three of the dead said one attack hit a residential building as children were getting ready for school. The Israeli military ​said it struck people seen transferring weapons in the area of the town, Kfar Rumman. At the site, Reuters reporters saw children’s schoolbooks strewn between chunks of concrete ​where the building once stood.