Al Jazeera's Obaida Hitto reports from Tyre in southern Lebanon, where an Israeli strike has destroyed the last operational bridge over the Litani River. © 2026 Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo (Beirut, April 17, 2026) – The Israeli military's destruction of the Qasmieh bridge on April 16. Attack on Litani River's Qasmiya Bridge sparks fury in Beirut; IDF says 7 troops lightly wounded in northern Israel and south Lebanon, including one by Hezbollah drone A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the Qasmiya Bridge, located on a main highway linking villages. Israel struck a main bridge linking Lebanon's south to the rest of the country on Sunday after ordering its military to destroy all crossings over Lebanon's Litani River and to step up the demolition of homes near the southern border.
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