Israeli Strikes Kill 12 in Southern Lebanon Towns Including Tayr Debba

Lebanon strikes on southern Lebanon on June 10, 2026, killed at least 12 people according to a medical source, with eight deaths reported in Tayr Debba and four in Deir Qanun al-Nahr, as cross-border violence continued after Hezbollah rejected a conditional ceasefire proposal. [1] [3]

Casualties from Israeli Airstrikes on June 10

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 12 people on Wednesday, a medical source told AFP. [1] The medical source said on condition of anonymity that the number of martyrs from the Israeli air strikes in the town of Tayr Debba is eight, and in Deir Qanun al-Nahr it is four. [1] [3] First responders douse flames engulfing vehicles following an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in Sidon on 10 June 2026. [1] Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon killed at least 13 people on Wednesday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the Lebanese people to join Israel's fight against Hezbollah. [2] Israeli strikes that killed at least 12 people came after Hezbollah rejected a new conditional ceasefire proposal. [3] An AFP correspondent heard an explosion in the area before seeing a car burning as rescuers and firefighters headed to the scene. [3] The correspondent saw rescuers pull two people from the targeted vehicle. [3] Israeli air strikes have killed at least 17 people in southern Lebanon, Lebanese media say. [5] Nine people were killed in a series of strikes in the town of Tayr Debba, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA). [5] Two Israeli strikes killed three other people in the nearby village of Deir Qanoun el-Nahr, while two people were killed in Seddiqin, south-east of Tyre, it added. [5] Later, there was an attack in the centre of the city of Sidon, which is located on the coast roughly halfway between Tyre and the capital Beirut. [5] An AFP news agency correspondent said they heard an explosion before seeing a car burning. [5] Two people were pulled from the vehicle by rescuers, they added. [5] NNA said the car was targeted by an Israeli drone and that the two people died. [5] One person was also reportedly killed in the Massaken al-Shaabiya area of Tyre. [5]

First responders extinguish flames on vehicles after an Israeli airstrike hit a car in Sidon on 10 June 2026. — Source: france24

Seizure of Lebanese Civilians in Kfarshuba

Israeli forces seized a local councillor and a municipal worker from the border town of Kfarshuba, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) said, while Israel said it "apprehended" two people who approached its soldiers. [2] [3] The NNA said on Wednesday morning that an Israeli patrol took away Kfarshuba municipal council member Mohammad Hassan al-Hajj and worker Ahmad Salah Diab, taking them to an unknown location. [3] The two men were working to pump water to the town of Kfarshuba when the Israeli patrol stopped them and took them away, it added. [3] The Israeli military said in a statement to AFP in Jerusalem that it identified two suspected individuals who approached the area in which (Israeli) soldiers are operating in southern Lebanon. [3] The soldiers apprehended the suspected individuals, who were transferred to Israeli territory for further questioning. [3] Sunni-majority Kfarshuba is among a few southern villages, most of them Christian, whose residents chose to stay throughout the Israel-Hezbollah war despite Israeli orders to evacuate. [3] The incident comes a day after Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people in and around the southern city of Tyre, according to the Lebanese health ministry. [3]

Ongoing Ceasefire Failures and Diplomatic Context

A ceasefire in Lebanon meant to have gone into force in April was never observed, and a new conditional truce announced after Lebanese-Israeli talks in Washington last week was rejected by militant group Hezbollah and both sides have continued to trade fire. [3] The agreement did not mention a halt to Israeli attacks. [3] Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on Mar 2 in support of Iran. [3] Neither side has respected a ceasefire first announced in mid-April. [3] Iran insists that Lebanon must be part of any deal to end the wider Middle East war, whose prospects were questioned after Tehran launched attacks on US bases in Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait in response to American strikes on its territory. [3] The US brokered a ceasefire deal between the Israeli and Lebanese governments on 16 April, but the conflict has continued since then. [5] The exchange of fire between Israel and Iran – their first in two months - was triggered by events in Lebanon. [5] On Sunday, Israel struck Beirut's southern suburbs - a stronghold of Hezbollah also known as Dahieh - after the group fired two rockets over the border. [5] Iran fired some 30 ballistic missiles at Israel in response, while Israel said it carried out two waves of air strikes on Iran. [5] After a tense calm was restored on Monday, Iran warned it would resume hostilities if Israel continued to attack Lebanon. [5] But Israel insisted it would not accept a new equation and that it would continue to operate against Hezbollah. [5]

Hezbollah Responses and Israeli Military Statements

Hezbollah meanwhile said it targeted Israeli troops in the area. [3] The Israeli military also issued evacuation warnings for three southern Lebanese towns on Wednesday. [3] The NNA also reported overnight strikes on Nabatieh, one of the south's largest cities that is now largely deserted. [3] The city is close to areas the Israeli military recently pushed into, including the medieval-era Beaufort castle which overlooks the district. [3] Hezbollah announced that its fighters had targeted gatherings of Israeli troops and military vehicles in the southern Bayada and Yohmor areas with rocket barrages and shellfire. [5] There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on Wednesday's strikes, but it issued a statement earlier saying it had struck six Hezbollah infrastructure sites in Tyre and ready-to-use Launchers in several other areas of southern Lebanon on Tuesday. [5] On Tuesday, Israeli strikes in Massaken al-Shaabiya and elsewhere in Tyre killed 11 people, the Lebanese health ministry said, as the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order for the city that included its Christian quarter for the first time. [5]

Israeli airstrike hits a car in Sidon southern Lebanon on June 10 2026. — Source: channelnewsasia

Humanitarian Impact and Calls for Aid

Lebanese authorities say Israeli attacks since March have killed nearly 3,700 people and displaced more than one million others. [3] Lebanon's health ministry says at least 3,696 people have been killed there during the conflict, while Israeli authorities say 30 soldiers and four civilians have been killed on both sides of the border. [5] Almost one million people in Lebanon - a fifth of the population - remain displaced from their homes and that 1.4 million need humanitarian aid, according to the UN. [5] On Tuesday, the association of Christian border villages in southern Lebanon issued a statement urging the Lebanese government to immediately open safe humanitarian and medical corridors to ensure the access of citizens, aid, and medical and relief teams to the affected and isolated villages. [3] They pointed to a dangerous decline in health services due to the disruption or closure of a number of health centres and clinics, with most roads leading to their villages now cut off or extremely dangerous. [3]

International Investigations into Violations

Meanwhile, UN human rights chief Volker Türk announced on Wednesday that he was sending a team of human rights investigators to Lebanon, at the request of the Lebanese government. [5] The team will look at possible human rights violations committed by all sides since the start of March, and is expected to present its findings at the end of July. [5] Evidence gathered could be used in possible prosecutions for war crimes. [5] Israel has been informed of the mission, but it remains unclear whether it will co-operate. [5]

What to watch next: The UN human rights team's findings are expected at the end of July, with evidence that could support possible prosecutions for war crimes, as Iran continues to insist Lebanon must be included in any broader deal.