Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reports that three people were killed in an Israeli attack on a car in Nabatieh.
Posted June 25, 2026
Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued despite the ceasefire, with three people killed during an attack on a car in the south of the country, as senior Israeli and Lebanese officials meet for the final day of talks in Washington.
According to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA), three people were killed and one injured on Thursday after the Israeli strike hit a car on the road between Zawtar and Mayfadoun in Nabatieh governorate.
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The NNA also reported that Israeli forces burned several houses in the city of Ain Arab, after issuing warnings forcing residents to evacuate the city before 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
According to Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, since the conflict began on March 2, 4,230 people have been killed and another 12,179 injured.
Reporting from Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr said the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah remains “fragile” as the Israeli army continues to attack “anyone or anything in frontline villages.”
“[These are ] towns on the outskirts [of the] “The city of Nabatieh, which is located along the area that is under Israeli occupation,” Khodr explained. “So the message is that they don't want people near that area, there have been drone attacks, they have thrown stun grenades… people killed.
“Those villages, the Israeli army couldn't occupy them during weeks of fighting and still wants to be able to control them with fire because the more territory you control, the more influence you have in the negotiations,” he said, adding that Lebanese and Israeli officials are discussing the possible gradual handover of territory.
Ceasefire talks
Israel and Lebanon have been discussing a US-backed proposal for the past three days, with talks concluding in Washington, DC on Thursday. Negotiations have centered on Israeli forces handing over part of the territory they occupied during fighting with Hezbollah to the Lebanese army.
A US State Department official told the Reuters news agency that Israel had taken a “concrete step” towards the proposal, which had been part of the last round of talks, by withdrawing from part of a buffer zone in southern Lebanon.
However, a senior Israeli defense official denied there had been any withdrawal, adding that Israel would not withdraw from its buffer zone.
Additionally, a senior Lebanese military official also told Reuters that developments on the ground in recent days had shown the “opposite of a withdrawal.”
Still, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon were making good progress toward a “commitment of intent.”
“I think we are very close to our hopes of achieving a commitment of intent between the two countries,” Rubio told reporters during a visit to Bahrain.
“It will be a process, it will take some time, it will take a lot of work, but I can tell you that for the first time in 30 years, the sovereign government of Lebanon is talking directly to the government of Israel.”
Under American pressure, Lebanese officials began direct talks in April with Israel in Washington.
Hezbollah, however, has condemned the talks between Lebanon and Israel and first demanded the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon.
