Kounine
Lebanese village near Bint Jbeil repeatedly hit by Israeli strikes since the April ceasefire.
Last refreshed: 4 July 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic
Why do Israeli strikes on this Lebanese village keep recurring months after the ceasefire?
Timeline for Kounine
Mentioned in: Ten Hezbollah sites hit after clash
Iran Conflict 2026Struck by Israeli forces killing one civilian
Iran Conflict 2026: Lebanon truce frays on day oneBackground
Kounine was one of four Bint Jbeil-area villages, with Beit Yahoun, Baraashit and Bint Jbeil, struck by Israeli jets on 2 July 2026, hours after a Hezbollah gunman wounded an Israeli reservist nearby. It is the second time Kounine has been hit since the 17 April Ceasefire, breached within 24 hours by an Israeli strike that killed one civilian there.
The village lies in the Bint Jbeil district of Nabatiyeh Governorate, south-east of Tibnin, inside the roughly 10-kilometre "security zone" Israeli forces have occupied in southern Lebanon since early 2026. Netanyahu has said troops will not withdraw from the zone and that the Ceasefire does not cover operations against Hezbollah, a position Lebanon rejects.
Kounine has no independent strategic weight; its repeat appearance on Israeli strike lists, on the Ceasefire's opening day and again in a ten-site wave in July, shows how villages inside the contested zone become routine flashpoints on an unsettled front.
Was the Lebanon ceasefire broken on day one?
Where is Kounine village in Lebanon?
Was Kounine struck again after the April ceasefire violation?
