Israeli Strikes Kill Four in Southern Lebanon Amid Hezbollah Rocket Fire and Ceasefire Tensions

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon killed four people on April 25, 2026, Lebanon's state news agency reported, as Israel announced it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully. The Israeli military said it had struck loaded rocket launchers belonging to Hezbollah in three locations in southern Lebanon overnight on the same day.

It also targeted several Hezbollah fighters in separate strikes and facilities used by Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces in the region.

Israel stated on April 25, 2026, that it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, according to a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, which said the military had been instructed to do so. The Israeli military issued a warning for Lebanese residents not to approach the Litani River area in southern Lebanon on April 25, 2026, while it battles Hezbollah.

It was unclear whether the four deaths reported by Lebanon's state news agency were linked to the Israeli strikes on April 25, 2026.

Hezbollah fired two rockets into northern Israel on April 25, 2026, the Israeli military said, adding that it intercepted one of the rockets and a suspicious aerial target within the area its forces are occupying in southern Lebanon. There were no reports of casualties from the two rockets fired by Hezbollah into northern Israel on April 25, 2026.

Smoke rose from a village in southern Lebanon as the Israeli army operated in it, as seen from the Israeli side of the border in a file photo from April 23, 2026.

President Donald Trump recently stated that a ceasefire with Lebanon had been extended by three weeks. -mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was extended for three weeks on April 24, 2026, and the truce had been due to expire on April 26, 2026.

The ceasefire agreed between Israel and Lebanon has led to a significant reduction in hostilities. -mediated ceasefire in the war with Israel was meaningless. Israel has kept soldiers in the self-declared buffer zone in southern Lebanon.

The clashes pose challenges to the ceasefire, with Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah continuing to clash in southern Lebanon.