Lebanese village wakes up to destruction after 16 killed in night of Israeli airstrikes

Описание: (7 Mar 2026)
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Nabi Chit, Lebanon - 7 March 2026
1. Wide of destruction in Nabi Chit
2. Various of destroyed car and rubble
3. Wide of destroyed building with poster showing Hezbollah and Iranian leaders
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Mousa, Nabi Chit resident:
“There is a major question mark regarding the entry of Israeli helicopters. There are vehicles that moved on the ground deep inside Lebanese territory, in the Bekaa. What is the responsibility of the security agencies? The Lebanese army?. We haven't had any clarification.”
5. Wide of destroyed building
6. Wide of crater, debris, bulldozer
7. Wide of debris on vehicle
8. Wide of man looking into crater
STORYLINE:
Residents of a town in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley walked among the rubble and looked in disbelief Saturday at the vast destruction from overnight clashes that left 16 dead and 35 wounded in Nabi Chit, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

An Israeli special force landed in eastern Lebanon overnight in search of information about a navigator who has been missing for nearly 40 years.

The Israeli military said Saturday that they did not find his remains.

For decades, Israel has been trying to find out what happened to Ron Arad. His fate remains unknown after he was captured alive by local gunmen shortly after he parachuted from his fighter jet, which crashed in Lebanon while attacking suspected Palestinian militants in 1986 on the edge of the southern port city of Sidon.

The Israeli military did not say where in Lebanon the force landed overnight into Saturday but the Lebanese army and state media said an Israeli commando force landed on the mountains along the border with Syria before heading to the eastern town of Nabi Chit where they clashed with Hezbollah and local fighters.

The Lebanese army said three soldiers were killed in the exchange of fire in Nabi Chit, adding that the landing was conducted by two Israeli helicopters.

Hezbollah said its members clashed with the Israeli forces, adding that Israel's air force conducted some 40 airstrikes in the area in order for the unit on the ground to be able to withdraw.

“There is a major question mark regarding the entry of Israeli helicopters... What is the responsibility of the security agencies? The Lebanese army?” said Nabi Chit resident Mohammad Mousa.

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