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Israel conducts ‘massive explosion’ in southern Lebanese village as death toll rises to 4,386
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military has carried out a “massive explosion” in Aita al-Shaab village in the Nabatieh governorate in southern Lebanon, the country's National News Agency reported on Thursday.</p>
<p>The number of people killed since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon on 2 March has risen to 4,386, with 12,407 others wounded, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.</p>
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<div alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli controlled-explosion in the village of al-Mansouri as seen from the nearby village of Hanniyeh in southern Lebanon on September 17, 2026 KAWANT HAJU / AFP" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="36ca7379-1b5b-4262-906b-670ae64abe92" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_C8LE9WF.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli controlled-explosion in the village of al-Mansouri as seen from the nearby village of Hanniyeh in southern Lebanon on September 17, 2026 KAWANT HAJU / AFP" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high">
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<figcaption>Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli explosion in the village of al-Mansouri as seen from the nearby village of Hanniyeh in southern Lebanon on 17 September 2026 (Kawant Haju/AFP)</figcaption>
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