BEIRUT/ISTANBUL, Sept 11 (Bernama-Anadolu) — The Israeli army carried out a series of explosions and shelling in southern Lebanon early Friday, including demolishing part of a school, despite the US-mediated framework agreement, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported.
The escalation comes as Israel’s election campaign intensifies, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to rally and unite his right-wing bloc ahead of the Oct 27 elections.
“Israeli forces blew up most of the public school in the town of Mansouri in Tyre district, leaving only a small part of the building standing,” Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said.
Israeli aircraft also launched a strike on Mansouri at the same time as the large explosion at the school, the agency added.
At dawn, the Israeli army detonated explosives on the hill of Baraachit in Bint Jbeil district, coinciding with artillery shelling that targeted Wadi al-Hujair.
On Thursday evening, the Israeli army carried out a powerful explosion in the Ali al-Taher heights, causing ground tremors. It claimed the blast targeted a tunnel network and Hezbollah infrastructure extending more than two kilometres.
On Thursday, Netanyahu claimed that Israel had destroyed what he described as “the largest Iranian site outside Iran,” referring to the Ali al-Taher tunnels.
The Ali al-Taher hill is located between the towns of Kfar Tibnit and Nabatieh al-Fawqa, north of the Litani River. It rises around 600 metres above sea level, giving it strategic importance as it overlooks wide areas of southern Lebanon.
Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have continued despite a “framework formula” signed by Beirut and Tel Aviv on June 26, which provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory in return for the deployment of the Lebanese army in those areas.
Israel occupies areas in southern Lebanon, some of them for decades and others since the war between 2023 and 2024, while expanding its presence inside Lebanese territory during its ongoing assault.
— BERNAMA-ANADOLU