Timeline of the 2026 Lebanon war

Timeline of the 2026 Lebanon war

This timeline of the 2026 Lebanon war covers the period from 2 March 2026, when Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon following the start of the 2026 Iran war, to the present.

March 2026

2 March

• Hezbollah fired projectiles towards Israel from Lebanon in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, prompting retaliatory strikes by the IDF. Hezbollah said that it targeted the Mishmar HaCarmel missile defence site in the vicinity of Haifa. Hezbollah later claimed that the attack was a "defensive act" after over a year of Israeli attacks despite a truce. It added that it restarted fighting to force Israel to stop its aggression and evacuate from seized Lebanese territories, emphasising that the move was unrelated to the Iran war. • The Lebanese Health Ministry said at least 52 people were killed and 154 others were injured in Israeli attacks. The IDF said that Hezbollah intelligence chief, Hussain Makled, was killed in the strikes. • Lebanon banned military activities by Hezbollah.

3 March

• The IDF carried out airstrikes on Beirut and deployed soldiers to several locations in southern Lebanon as part of a "forward defence" measure along the border. In response, Hezbollah said it had carried out drone and missile attacks on Ramat David Airbase, the Meron monitoring base and Camp Yitzhak.

4 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks in the past 24 hours killed 20 people and injured 283 others, raising the death toll since the escalation to 72. • Al Jazeera reported that the IDF carried out airstrikes in Beirut, Baalbek, Mount Lebanon, and Khiam, killing 11 people and injuring four others. Hezbollah said it had carried out attacks on IDF bases near Metula and Safed. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that those killed in Lebanon in the last 24 hours include seven children.

5 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties since the escalation rose to 102 killed and 638 wounded in the past 24 hours. • Four members of the Ghazali family (2 men and 2 children) were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their home during Iftar. The IDF claimed responsibility for the attack, alleging that the children's father (Ibrahim Ghazali) was in Hezbollah's anti-tank missile unit. • Two Israeli soldiers were wounded during combat with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, including an officer in serious condition. • Israeli forces warned Lebanese to evacuate the southern suburbs of Beirut.

6 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation rose to 217 killed and 798 wounded in the past 24 hours. • Hezbollah warned Israelis to evacuate areas within 5 km (3.1 mi) of the Lebanon-Israel border, citing "the (Israeli) army's deployment of military vehicles and armoured personnel carriers in open areas, using these areas as military deployment points". • Eight Israeli soldiers were injured in a rocket attack by Hezbollah militants on an IDF position in northern Israel. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's office said that those slightly wounded by the rocket strike included his son. Later, two soldiers were wounded in an anti-tank missile attack by Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. • A missile strike hit the headquarters of Ghana's UNIFIL battalion, critically wounding two peacekeepers. A source said that early indications showed that Israeli tank fire hit a UN base in Lebanon. The IDF later admitted that its tank fire hit the base, saying that it regrets the incident. • Israeli commandos conducted an overnight raid in Al-Nabi Shayth in search of missing pilot Ron Arad, leading to a shootout. Airstrikes in the area killed 41 people and injured 40 others.

7 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation rose to 294 killed and 1,023 wounded in the past 24 hours.

8 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation rose to 394 killed and 1,130 wounded in the past 24 hours. • Lebanon's health ministry said that four people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a hotel room in central Beirut. The IDF said it targeted members of the Iranian Quds Force. • Anti-tank missiles fired by Hezbollah militants struck Israeli armored vehicles in southern Lebanon, killing two soldiers and lightly injuring another.

9 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation rose to 486 killed and 1,313 wounded in the past 24 hours. • Lebanese media reported that Israeli tank fire in Al-Qlayaa killed a Lebanese Catholic priest. • Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the IDF killed the leader of Hezbollah's Nasr Unit. • Hezbollah rocket attacks at central Israel lightly wounded 18 people, with the group stating it targeted a communications site in the Elah Valley and a Home Front Command base in Ramla. Ynet reported that a kindergarten in Ramla was hit, and smoke was seen in Beit Shemesh. Later the IDF reported striking the launcher.

10 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation rose to 570 killed and 1,444 wounded in the past 24 hours.

11 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that casualties from Israeli attacks in Lebanon rose to 634 killed and 1,586 injured in the past 24 hours. • The IDF said that Hezbollah fired 200 rockets at Israel, of which 80 failed to enter the country. It added that it managed to prevent the launch of additional 400 rockets.

12 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that casualties from Israeli attacks since the escalation increased to 687 killed including 52 women and 92 children and 1,774 wounded in the past 24 hours. • A strike on a car in Ramlet al-Baida, Beirut, killed eight people and injured 31 others. • The IDF said that it killed the commander of the Imam Hossein Division and other key members of the unit in airstrikes the day prior. It also said that it killed a Hezbollah militant who served as commander of the Radwan Force's southern Lebanese branch.

13 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 773 people and injured 1,933 others. • The IDF said that it killed two senior members of Hezbollah's Badr Unit who managed rocket fire at Israel. • An Israeli strike on a healthcare facility in Burj Qalaouiyah killed 12 medics and injured another. • Israel destroyed the Zrarieh Bridge over the Litani River, citing its use in Hezbollah movements.

14 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 826 people and injured 2,009 others, adding that 31 paramedics were among the dead. • The IDF said it killed an IRGC commander in Lebanon who was both a member of Hezbollah's communications unit and the Quds Force's Palestine Corps. • Hezbollah fired a cluster bomb at Metula. • Twelve rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel's Upper Galilee. • Several rockets were fired from Lebanon at Israel's Krayot area, causing damage and prompting the closure of Israel's Highway 4 due to the impact of an explosive.

15 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 850 people and injured 2,105 others. • A Hamas official was killed in an Israeli strike in Sidon. • Three people were killed in an Israeli attack on al-Qatrani.

16 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 886 people and injured 2,141 others. • Hezbollah rocket attacks injured six people in Nahariya and injured a seventh near Kabri.

17 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 912 people and injured 2,221 others. • An Israeli strike hit a car and a motorcycle in Nabatieh, killing one Lebanese soldier and injuring four other Lebanese soldiers.

18 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 968 people including 116 children, 77 women and 40 health workers and injured 2,432 others. • Six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Bashoura, central Beirut. Four others were killed in a separate airstrike on a house in Sahmar. • The IDF said that it killed the commander of Hezbollah's Imam Hussein Division in Beirut a week after his predecessor was killed. • Defence Minister Israel Katz said that Israeli forces destroyed two bridges above the Litani River that were used by Hezbollah to smuggle arms south. • The IDF said that it had killed more than 20 Hezbollah militants and seized weapons in south Lebanon in the past 24 hours. • Hezbollah fired a missile at the Gaza envelope that was downed by the IDF.

19 March

• The Lebanese Health Ministry said that Israeli attacks since the escalation killed 1,001 people including 118 children, 79 women and 40 health workers and injured 2,584 others. • An Israeli missile strike on the Al-Qasmiya Bridge over the Litani River injured two members of an RT crew filming nearby.

22 March

• An Israeli farmer was killed in Misgav Am. An Israeli investigation later found that he was killed by errant Israeli artillery fire. Hezbollah said that it targeted Israeli troops in the area. • The IDF said that its strike in Majdal Selem killed a Redwan Force commander and two other Hezbollah militants. • The IDF said that it and Shin Bet killed a Hamas militant in Lebanon who participated in financing the group's activities.

24 March

• Hezbollah militants launched a rocket barrage towards northern Israel, killing a woman and injuring two others.

26 March

• Hezbollah militants launched rockets towards Nahariya, killing a man and injuring 14 others, one seriously. • An Israeli soldier was killed and two other Israeli soldiers were lightly injured during a shootout with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon. Earlier, an anti-tank missile attack targeting Golani Brigade soldiers in southern Lebanon killed one and injured four.

28 March

• Overnight Hezbollah anti-tank missile and rocket strikes in southern Lebanon wounded nine Israeli soldiers, two seriously. • The IDF said that it killed two senior militants from Hezbollah's communications unit in Beirut. • An Israeli strike hit a vehicle in south Lebanon, killing a journalist belonging to Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV and two Al-Mayadeen journalists, including a female journalist. The IDF said that the Al-Manar TV journalist was also a militant involved in Hezbollah intelligence who had reported on ​the locations of Israeli troops in south Lebanon and accused him of "incitement" against Israeli troops ​and civilians, without providing proof. • A soldier of the IDF’s Paratroopers Brigade was killed in a Hezbollah rocket attack in southern Lebanon, increasing the number of IDF soldiers killed since the start of the war to five. The paratrooper was identified as Sgt. Moshe Katz, a native of New Haven, Connecticut.

29 March

• Two Indonesian UNIFIL peacekeepers were killed and two others were injured when a projectile hit a base near Aadshit al-Qusayr. • Forty-nine people were killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon, increasing the Lebanese death toll since the beginning of the war to 1,238.

30 March

• An overnight anti-tank missile attack in southern Lebanon killed an Israeli soldier and seriously injured another, increasing the death toll of Israeli soldiers since the start of the war to six. Six other troops were wounded in separate incidents. • An Israeli strike hit a Lebanese Army checkpoint, killing one soldier and wounding other troops. • The IDF said that it killed two militants from Hezbollah's Unit 1800, responsible for liaising with Palestinian militant groups, in Beirut. • Two UNIFIL peacekeepers were killed and a third was seriously injured when an explosion struck their vehicle near Bani Haiyyan. • Four soldiers from the Nahal Brigade's reconnaissance unit were killed and two others were wounded, one seriously, during a clash with Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon, increasing the IDF death toll in Lebanon to 11.

31 March

• At least eight people including one paramedic were killed in Israeli strikes in south Lebanon. • Israeli airstrikes in Jnah area of Beirut killed seven people and injured 26 others. The IDF said that an Israeli Navy strike in the capital killed a militant who served as the commander of Hezbollah's Southern Front and accused him of targeting Israeli civilians. The Lebanese group later confirmed his death, saying that he was killed alongside a group of second-tier and third-tier commanders.

April 2026

1 April

• At least 50 people were killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon in the last 24 hours, increasing the death toll in Lebanon since 2 March to 1,318. • The IDF said that it struck two currency exchange stores used by Hezbollah militants in Beirut.