Israeli Strikes Target, Destroy Lebanon's Last Southern Bridge
The National News Agency confirmed that aircraft carried out two consecutive strikes on the Qasmiyeh Bridge — the sole remaining crossing linking the Tyre area to the city of Sidon — leaving it completely destroyed. A drone strike had already targeted the same vicinity shortly before the aerial assault, the agency noted.
The Qasmiyeh Bridge held outsized strategic importance in Lebanon's infrastructure network, functioning as a vital artery connecting the western, central, and eastern sectors of the south. It served as a primary corridor for civilians, commercial traffic, and the movement of goods — and had already absorbed damage from previous Israeli strikes before being entirely demolished Thursday.
The latest destruction fits a broader pattern: Israel has sustained its military campaign across Lebanon following a Hezbollah cross-border strike on March 2, effectively rendering a November 2024 ceasefire agreement hollow.
The human cost continues to mount. Lebanese health authorities now report more than 2,160 people killed, upwards of 7,000 wounded, and well over one million displaced since the violence escalated in March — figures that underscore the accelerating toll on a country whose infrastructure and civilian population are bearing the brunt of a war it has struggled to escape.
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