ALBAWABA- Israeli air strikes on Lebanon’s eastern Beqaa Valley, marking the deadliest escalation since the end of the last year’s Israel-Hezbollah fighting.
According to Baalbek-Hermel Governor Bachir Khodr, the attacks targeted multiple areas across the governorate, with the heaviest toll recorded in Wadi Faara, where seven Syrians, including an entire family of five, lost their lives.
Three Lebanese civilians were also killed in Wadi Ara, while two more died in Shmustar. The governor confirmed that eight others were wounded in the strikes that also hit Brital and Bodai.
حصيلة الاعتداءات الاسرائيلية على #بعلبك_الهرمل اليوم :
- ٧ شهداء سوريين في وادي فعرا بينهم عائلة من ٥ اشخاص.
-٣ شهداء لبنانيين في وادي فعرا.
- شهيدين في شمسطار.
- ٨ جرحى حصيلة الغارات في ( وادي فعرا / شمسطار / بريتال / بوداي )#بشير_خضر— Bachir Khodr (@BachirKhodr) July 15, 2025
A Lebanese security source confirmed to Al Jazeera that three Israeli strikes targeted the Wadi Faara area, one of which hit a well-drilling rig. The total death toll from those strikes alone reached 12, the source said.
The Israeli military stated that it had conducted strikes on several Hezbollah military compounds in eastern Lebanon, including training sites linked to the group’s elite Radwan Force.
These latest attacks represent the deadliest since a ceasefire ended a prolonged year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, including a two-month war that significantly weakened the armed group’s capabilities.
