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27-05-2026
TEHRAN/ BEIRUT/ GAZA STRIP: Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon killed 31 people and injured 40 others on Tuesday as Israel’s forces intensified their strikes and issued dozens of forced displacement orders for towns and villages in Lebanon’s south and east.
Panic has been reported in southern Lebanon as people flee the intensifying onslaught by Israeli ground forces pushing deeper into Lebanese territory.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Tehran says Iranian officials have denounced the “blatant violations” of the ceasefire by the United States, and there is “zero trust” after US attacks on southern Iran on Monday, which have shaken ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the conflict.
A senior spokesman for Iran’s armed forces has warned that a resumption of the US-Israel war on Iran will be met with a “much heavier and stronger” response and “will extend beyond regional borders”, according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
Iran’s Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref has confirmed that the country has taken the “first step” towards restoring full internet access after weeks of shutdown.
Israeli forces continued their military incursions across the occupied West Bank, killing a 45-year-old Palestinian man in Jenin, injuring a child in Hebron, and blocking key transit routes, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports.
During a military operation in the Jenin refugee camp, Israeli forces shot dead Nasser Ali Kamel Al-Saadi, 45. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed that it received the victim’s body from inside the camp and transported it to the Jenin Government Hospital.
A 13-year-old child was injured by rubber-coated metal bullets when Israeli troops entered the town of Bani Naim, east of Hebron. The teenager required transport to a hospital by emergency crews.
In the northern Jordan Valley, Israeli forces raided residents’ tents in the Naba’ Ghazal al-Farisiya community, following an incident two days before when Israeli authorities confiscated all agricultural machinery in the area.
Near Bethlehem, Israeli military personnel used earth mounds to seal off the primary road linking the al-Bawaba district to the Old City in al-Khader, a measure local sources said completely halts transit between the western countryside and Bethlehem’s city centre.
Israel’s Netanyahu has announced that large numbers of Israeli troops are on the ground in Lebanon, pushing forward and seizing control of key positions throughout the southern region.
Israeli air attacks have devastated southern Lebanese communities leaving residential areas and vital infrastructure severely damaged and in eastern Lebanon, Machgharah in the Bekaa region has been targeted, as well as the strategic Qaraoun Dam further north.
Iran and the US continue negotiations through intermediaries to reach an understanding, but no deal appears imminent after another exchange of fire between forces amid an air of distrust.
The markets in Tehran appear to be expecting an understanding taking shape with Washington, with Iran’s national currency gaining more than 5 percent this week.
The overall Iranian economy is under immense pressure as a result of local mismanagement and intensifying pressure from the US, including a naval blockade of Iran’s southern ports.
“Supply is in question at least for a few more months, so there’s no telling what will happen in the market,” said a vendor at a shop in downtown Tehran selling mobile phones and other digital products, mostly imported from the UAE before the war.
“We see how the prices make customers change their minds, but it’s not just the prices; you might not find the laptop you saw available a week ago with the same specs today,” he told Al Jazeera.
Over a period of some 10 hours on Tuesday, the Israeli military issued forced displacement orders for dozens of Lebanese towns and villages in the south and east of the country, as well as the entire city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon.
The orders to flee in advance of Israeli attacks also warned residents of the targeted areas to “move north of the Zahrani River”, which is located some 40km (25 miles) from Lebanon’s border with Israel.
Video footage has emerged showing Israeli settlers setting fire to Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.
The recording obtained by Al Jazeera captures the targeted destruction of local property, highlighting the ongoing tensions and violence involving settlers in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the UN has warned of “ethnic cleansing”.
Netanyahu warns of ‘more to come’ in Lebanon
As we reported earlier, Netanyahu has announced that Israeli forces are “deepening” their operations in Lebanon, where a “large” troop presence is on the “ground and seizing dominant terrain”.
During the period of the “ceasefire” in Lebanon that was brokered by the US in mid-April, Israel’s military killed hundreds of Hezbollah fighters, Netanyahu said in a lengthy statement on social media.
Large Israeli “forces are operating deep” inside Lebanese territory, Netanyahu said, “seizing and controlling areas” as well as “fortifying” what he described as a “security zone” inside Lebanon.
Netanyahu said he is “leading a massive national effort” to tackle Hezbollah’s drones, which have, in recent months, tested Israel’s sophisticated radar and interception systems.
Hezbollah has recently deployed first-person view (FPV) attack drones, guided by a physical fiber optic cable, which have proven lethal to Israeli forces.
“Against Hezbollah, we do not stop fighting for a moment, and there’s more to come until ensuring the full security of Israel’s citizens,” Netanyahu said. (Al Jazeera)
