Israel strikes Tabna near Sidon as incursions into southern border villages increase

Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on the southern area of Tabna near Sidon overnight, with Israel claiming that it targeted Hezbollah arms depots, launchpads and military sites.

Troops also entered the southern border towns of Yaroun and Khiam and detonated two houses there, as incursions into Lebanese border villages increased in frequency in recent weeks.

The use of stun grenades also became a routine in south Lebanon, especially in the war-hit village of Aita al-Shaab, where less than 52 people now live out of around 15,000 residents.

The Incursions, toxins, and grenades are a strategy to pressure residents and force a gradual displacement, according to the town's mayor.

Earlier this month, Israel sprayed the herbicide glyphosate on the Lebanese side of the border, with President Joseph Aoun decrying a "crime against the environment".

On Thursday, a drone dropped a stun grenade on Odaysseh, and on Wednesday at least four stun grenades were dropped by the Israeli army on Aita al-Shaab.

For residents of these border villages and other villages deeper into Lebanon, the war never ended, as Israel kept up regular attacks on the south despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024.