{"id":260737,"date":"2026-08-23T03:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260737\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T03:04:09","slug":"israeli-forces-escalate-attacks-on-southern-lebanon-using-phosphorus-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/260737\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIsraeli\u201d Forces Escalate Attacks on Southern Lebanon, Using Phosphorus Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.islamtimes.com\/en\/news\/1300823\/israeli-forces-escalate-attacks-on-southern-lebanon-using-phosphorus-shells\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/n01300823-b.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIsraeli\u201d Forces Escalate Attacks on Southern Lebanon, Using Phosphorus Shells\" title=\"\u201cIsraeli\u201d Forces Escalate Attacks on Southern Lebanon, Using Phosphorus Shells\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            Islam Times &#8211; \u201cIsraeli\u201d forces carried out airstrikes, heavy artillery bombardment and extensive explosions across several areas of southern Lebanon overnight and early Saturday, with Lebanese state media reporting the use of phosphorus shells.The National News Agency [NNA] reported heavy \u201cIsraeli\u201d artillery fire targeting Mansouri, the vicinity of Bayt Al-Sayyad and the outskirts of Majdal Zoun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsraeli\u201d forces also carried out extensive explosions in Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and Bayt Al-Sayyad overnight. NNA reported widespread destruction in Bayt Al-Sayyad, saying that homes across the village had been heavily damaged and that no house remained untouched.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions were also reported in Haddatha, Beit Yahoun and Aita Al-Jabal, while machine-gun fire targeted nearby valleys. \u201cIsraeli\u201d drones continued flying over villages and towns across southern Lebanon\u2019s western and central sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, \u201cIsraeli\u201d warplanes launched two airstrikes at around 6:45 a.m. local time [0345 GMT] against Ali Al-Taher hill on the northern outskirts of Nabatieh Al-Faouqa, according to NNA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsraeli\u201d artillery also heavily shelled the outskirts of Dawht Kfar Roummane, the vicinity of Dabsha hill and the wooded area around Ali Al-Taher overnight and into Saturday morning. NNA reported that phosphorus shells were used during the bombardment.<\/p>\n<p>The latest attacks add to continued \u201cIsraeli\u201d military operations across southern Lebanon, where repeated airstrikes, artillery fire and demolitions have caused extensive damage and raised further concerns over the impact on civilians and local communities.&#13;\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Islam Times &#8211; \u201cIsraeli\u201d forces carried out airstrikes, heavy artillery bombardment and extensive explosions across several areas of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[11173,980,592,6266,15196,3067,4014,5419,22922,10716,85,65649,5396,16732,598,2412,5401,93,689,591,3852,5420,355,5949,21955,5308,6966,41928,1039,894,596,599,29314,6270,3892],"class_list":["post-260737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-across","tag-airstrikes","tag-and","tag-areas","tag-artillery","tag-attacks","tag-bombardment","tag-carried","tag-early","tag-escalate","tag-explosions","tag-extensive","tag-forces","tag-heavy","tag-islam","tag-israeli","tag-lebanese","tag-lebanon","tag-media","tag-of","tag-on","tag-out","tag-overnight","tag-phosphorus","tag-reporting","tag-saturday","tag-several","tag-shells","tag-southern","tag-state","tag-the","tag-times","tag-use","tag-using","tag-with"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117142609521076312","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}