<article data-history-node-id="446406" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-reportedly-use-phosphorus-shells-attacks-southern-lebanon" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-forces-reportedly-use-phosphorus-shells-attacks-southern-lebanon" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a>&nbsp;forces fired phosphorus shells and carried out air strikes and heavy artillery attacks across several areas of southern&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon&nbsp;</a>overnight and early Saturday, Lebanese state media reported.</p> <p>Heavy Israeli artillery fire targeted the town of Mansouri, the area around Bayt al-Sayyad and the outskirts of Majdal Zoun early on Saturday, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported.</p> <p>Israeli forces also carried out extensive attacks overnight in Mansouri, Majdal Zoun and Bayt al-Sayyad, the agency said.</p> <p>NNA reported extensive destruction to homes in Bayt al-Sayyad, saying no house in the town had been left undamaged.</p> <p>Similar explosions were reported in Hadatha, Beit Yahoun and Aita al-Jabal, while Israeli forces also directed machine-gun fire towards nearby valleys, according to the agency.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-forces-reportedly-use-phosphorus-shells-indiscriminate-attacks-southern-lebanon">Read more:&nbsp;Israeli forces reportedly use phosphorus shells in attacks on southern Lebanon</a></h3> <div alt="White phosphorous lsrael Lebanon border" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c9bd97c9-56e7-407b-8770-a66009bad916" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/What%20appears%20to%20be%20white%20phosphorus%20explodes%20on%20the%20Lebanese%20side%20of%20the%20Israel-Lebanon%20border%2C%2010%20May%202026%20%28Ayal%20Margolin%20Reuters%29.jpg" width="1341" height="755" alt="White phosphorous lsrael Lebanon border" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <section>&nbsp;</section> </div> </div> </article>