Israeli strikes killed 39 people in Lebanon on May 10, 2026, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry, as fighting continued despite a ceasefire announced less than a month earlier. Israel said its operations were directed at Hezbollah members and infrastructure and acknowledged reports that civilians had been harmed.
One strike in the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, and wounded 15 others, three of them children, the ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah fighters operating from a building used for military purposes. It said precision weapons and aerial surveillance had been employed to reduce civilian risk and that the incident was under review.
Lebanese officials also reported a drone attack on a motorbike in Nabatieh involving a Syrian man and his 12-year-old daughter. The Health Ministry said the pair moved away after an initial strike, after which the drone attacked again, killing the father, and then targeted the girl. She underwent emergency surgery. The reporting contained no Israeli account of that specific incident.
The day’s violence followed a ceasefire announced on April 16 by US President Donald Trump between the governments of Israel and Lebanon. Both Israeli forces and Hezbollah continued attacks after the announcement. Most Israeli strikes were concentrated in southern Lebanon, with Israel saying they targeted people and facilities linked to the Iran-backed armed group and political party.
Hezbollah said it launched a drone toward northern Israel in response to continuing Israeli attacks. The Israeli military said the explosive drone wounded three reservists near the border, one seriously.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported more than 120 people killed across the country during the preceding week, including women and children. Its figures did not distinguish combatants from civilians. It said 2,795 people had been killed in Lebanon since March 2. Israeli authorities reported that 17 soldiers and one civilian had been killed in southern Lebanon, along with two civilians in northern Israel.
Israeli forces also occupied a strip of Lebanese territory along the border, which officials described as a security zone intended to keep Hezbollah away from northern Israeli communities. The reporting said villages in the area had been destroyed and noted that rights groups regarded some actions as potentially constituting war crimes. Those assessments had not been adjudicated in the reporting.
The renewed exchanges underscored the fragility of the April arrangement and the absence of a complete halt to hostilities. Each side presented its actions as responses to the other, while the reported civilian toll continued to rise.
