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At slightest 10 radical were killed and 24 wounded — including 3 children — successful Israeli strikes successful Lebanon's eastbound Bekaa Valley Friday (February 20, 2026), the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. Another 2 radical were killed by an Israeli onslaught connected a Palestinian exile campy earlier successful the day.
Israel said it had deed “command centers” of the Lebanese militant radical Hezbollah successful Bekaa Valley. There was nary contiguous connection from Hezbollah.
Local tv footage from the country of 1 of the strikes successful the Bekaa showed the targeted tract appeared to beryllium an flat building, and exigency crews were warring a occurrence and searching successful the rubble for survivors.
Earlier Friday (February 20, 2026), different Israeli onslaught had deed a Palestinian exile campy successful the larboard metropolis of Sidon, sidesplitting 2 people.
The Israeli subject said it deed a “Hamas bid center” successful the Ein el-Hilweh camp. Hamas acknowledged that 2 of its members had been killed successful the onslaught but called the assertion that a bid halfway was struck a “flimsy pretext." It said the targeted gathering belonged to a associated information unit made up of assorted Palestinian factions that is tasked with maintaining information successful the camp.
After the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught connected Israel triggered warfare successful Gaza, Hezbollah began firing rockets from Lebanon into Israel successful enactment of Hamas and the Palestinians.
Israel responded with airstrikes and shelling. The low-level struggle escalated into full-scale warfare successful September 2024, aboriginal reined successful but not afloat stopped by a U.S.-brokered ceasefire 2 months later.
Since then, Israel has accused Hezbollah of trying to rebuild and has carried retired near-daily strikes successful Lebanon that it says people Hezbollah militants and facilities. Hezbollah has claimed 1 onslaught against Israel since the ceasefire.
The decease toll from Friday's (February 20, 2026) strikes was unusually precocious and comes astatine a infinitesimal of intensified tensions successful the portion arsenic the United States has threatened to onslaught Iran — a backer of some Hezbollah and Hamas — if negotiations implicit Tehran's atomic programme neglect to nutrient a deal.
During past year's Israel-Iran war, Hezbollah remained connected the sidelines, but galore successful Lebanon fearfulness that the state volition beryllium pulled successful should different warfare interruption out.
