Published On 3/6/2026
Israel continued its bombing of various parts of Lebanon in parallel with the start of the second day of a new round of talks between Beirut and Tel Aviv under American sponsorship, at a time when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his hope that the talks would result in an action plan for a ceasefire in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that 4 Syrians were killed in the town of Habboush in the Nabatieh district, as a result of a raid carried out by an Israeli drone, while a raid targeting the Maamoura/Al-Housh road in the city of Tyre resulted in the killing of two Palestinians.
Two paramedics were also killed and a third was seriously injured as a result of a raid in Shahhour near Tyre, southern Lebanon, which hit an ambulance, according to the ministry.
Lebanese security sources reported that Israeli drone strikes targeted at least 10 vehicles today, Wednesday, including a car on the main coastal road in the Khaldeh area, a few kilometers south of Beirut, wounding two people.
In turn, the Lebanese army announced that a soldier was killed in an Israeli raid while he was traveling on the Nabatieh-Kaftebnit road.
These attacks come after a major escalation in Israeli bombing in recent days, coinciding with Israeli forces carrying out their deepest ground incursion into Lebanon since their withdrawal in 2000.
The Israeli violations also come after Trump announced last Monday evening that a truce had been agreed upon between Hezbollah and Israel, stressing that he had stopped an imminent Israeli attack on Beirut.
To justify these violations, Israel stressed, yesterday, Tuesday, a “new equation” that requires it to strike the southern suburb of Beirut if Hezbollah attacks its northern regions, stressing that the United States supported this proposal.
On the other hand, Hezbollah announced in two separate statements today, Wednesday, that its members targeted gatherings of Israeli army soldiers in the vicinity of the town of Bayyada and in the town of Al-Adisa in southern Lebanon, in response to Israel’s violation of the ceasefire.
Politically, today, Wednesday, Lebanese and Israeli diplomats will hold direct talks in Washington for the second day, in the fourth round since the outbreak of the war on March 2.
The latest round of talks began yesterday, Tuesday, with the aim of ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and reaching lasting peace.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his hope that these discussions would result in an action plan on security in Lebanon.
“We hope that today we can formulate a joint statement on an action plan, and on a path towards achieving security in this country, that is independent of Hezbollah and its harmful influence,” Rubio said before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Yesterday, Tuesday, during another hearing in the Senate, Rubio announced that Israel and Lebanon could have concluded a peace agreement “starting tomorrow” had it not been for Hezbollah’s obstacle.
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump shares the goal of disarming Hezbollah and making Lebanon demilitarized “in preparation for achieving peace between the two countries.”
Netanyahu said in an interview with the American channel CNBC, “If we want to save Lebanon, and if we want to reach peace between Lebanon and Israel, and this is what I want, then we must strip Hezbollah of its arsenal and make Lebanon demilitarized.”
He added, “I know that this is a common goal between me and President Trump, and this is what we must do,” considering that Hezbollah “is putting all Lebanese citizens at gunpoint.”
The Israeli aggression against the towns of southern Lebanon is escalating daily, in violation of the fragile ceasefire since April 17, which Washington extended until the beginning of next July.
Israel has been occupying areas in southern Lebanon, some of them for decades and others since the previous war between 2023 and 2024, while during the current aggression it penetrated a distance of about 10 kilometers from the southern border.
Iran demands a ceasefire in Lebanon as part of any agreement with the United States to end the war, and recently hinted at the possibility of its direct intervention to support Hezbollah if Israel continues or escalates attacks in Lebanon.
