![Smoke rises over the town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah (Eastern Zawtar) in the Nabatieh Governorate of southern Lebanon following Israeli artillery fire and airstrikes that violated ceasefire and framework agreements on August 12, 2026. [Ramiz Dallah - Anadolu Agency]](https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/AA-20260812-42195627-42195623-THE_ISRAELI_ARMY_CONTINUES_ITS_ATTACKS_ON_LEBANON_DESPITE_THE_CEASEFIRE-1-1-1.jpg)
Israeli forces blew up buildings in southern Lebanon early Wednesday, including a school, and struck a site used to commemorate Ashura, causing injuries despite ongoing ceasefire negotiations, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israeli forces detonated and destroyed the four-story Sheikh Naim Mahdi School building in the center of Eastern Zawtar, the agency said. They also carried out explosions in the Touline Valley along the Wadi al-Saluki road, it added. During the night, Israeli forces carried out two large explosions in Haddatha, as well as a massive blast in Beit Yahoun in the Bint Jbeil district, according to the agency. An Israeli drone directly struck an Ashura commemoration site on the Kafra-Al-Asi road, causing several injuries, the NNA said. […]
