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At least 11 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Easter Sunday

Airstrikes hit Kfarhata and Beirut's Jnah as Lebanon marked Easter, killing civilians and escalating the spillover from the Israel Hezbollah conflict.

Apr 5th 2026 · Lebanon

Insights

  • Israeli strikes killed seven people in Kfarhata, including a 4-year-old, and four people in Beirut's Jnah neighborhood, with 39 injured.
  • The Kfarhata strike followed an Israeli evacuation order instructing residents to leave the village.
  • Beirut and its southern suburbs were hit by multiple strikes on Easter Sunday and the Lebanese army reported a soldier killed in southern Lebanon the same day.
  • Lebanon's health ministry said 1,461 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the war began and more than one million people have been displaced.
  • Israel says it plans a security zone up to 30 km inside Lebanon and has issued evacuation orders covering about 15 percent of Lebanese territory.
  • The conflict expanded after Hezbollah began launching rockets at Israel on March 2, and Reuters reported by late March that more than 400 Hezbollah fighters and at least 10 Israeli troops had been killed.

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