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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
IDF said to strike home of village mayor in Beqaa; Lebanese social media posts report strike only minutes after IDF evacuation warning
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Lebanese media outlets report that IDF forces struck the home of the mayor of the village of Zellaya, Ali Qassem, in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon.
According to the reports, women and children were among those killed and wounded.
According to Al-Manar, several members of the mayor’s family were killed and wounded. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry said that four people were killed and five wounded in the strike on the village.
The IDF has not yet commented on the specific strike, but this morning it issued an evacuation order for Zellaya, as well as 11 other villages in the area.
The IDF Arabic-language spokesperson published the evacuation notice at 9:05 a.m. today. Initial posts on social media reporting strikes on the village emerged several minutes later.
Official announcements regarding those killed and wounded in the strikes were published in the afternoon.
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