Lebanon’s Ministry of Health has announced that a 16-year-old Syrian boy was killed in the latest Israeli attack on the country’s Bekaa Valley. The boy, identified as Hussein Mohsen al-Khalaf, was killed in a strike on Kfar Dan near Baalbek.
At least 29 others were wounded in the attack, which included at least 13 air strikes recorded in several areas, including Shmestar, Boudai, Harbata, and the Hermel and Nabi Chit mountains. Several shops were damaged in the Baalbek Souk in Tallet al-Ajami.
The Israeli military said it targeted eight camps belonging to Hezbollah’s special operations unit, the Radwan Force, claiming that weapons and missiles were stored there and training was conducted to plan and execute terrorist plots.
Recent Developments
Israel’s military has continued to carry out attacks in Lebanon, despite a November 2024 ceasefire with the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The ceasefire aimed to bring an end to more than a year of fighting, but more than 300 people have been killed since then, including 127 civilians, according to the United Nations.
Last week, at least 12 people were killed in Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley and the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near the city of Sidon. Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah and Hamas command centres.
International Response
Lebanon filed a complaint with the UN in January, detailing a total of 2,036 Israeli violations between October and December 2025 alone. The country called on the UN Security Council to compel Israel to end these actions and to fully withdraw from its borders.
Lebanon’s government has said it has almost completed its ceasefire commitment to disarm Hezbollah south of the Litani River, but Hezbollah has rejected this, saying it believes the disarmament in the ceasefire agreement only applies to areas south of the river.
Source: Al Jazeera
