Israel is cutting off Southern Lebanon as we speak

Israel has bombed the Qasmiyeh bridge over the Litani River in Lebanon, in an attempt to cut off a key route between Tyre and Sidon.

The Israeli army has bombed the Qasmiyeh bridge, which connects the cities of Tyre and Saida. The south is now almost completely cut off from the rest of the country. This will cause a humanitarian disaster.

— courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) April 8, 2026

Israel failed to destroy the bridge. This would have further disconnected Southern Lebanon from Beirut and the rest of the country.

🌲 – 🇱🇧 Lebanese Army reopened traffic on the Qasmiyeh coastal bridge after clearing debris caused by last night’s Israeli strikes.

Families south of the Litani River appeal for evacuation after the area was effectively isolated following its destruction. pic.twitter.com/bjhVxrHXht

— Lebanon News & OSINT (@LebOSINT) April 9, 2026

آثار الغارة التي استهدفت جسر القاسمية البحري ليل أمس.
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— ألأحداث ألإيرانية بالعربية (@iranin_arabic) April 9, 2026

Now, Israel is threatening to bomb the bridge again. Its destruction would cause an even greater humanitarian disaster.

🌲 – 🇱🇧🇮🇱 Mayor of Tyre: Israel is threatening to strike what remains of the Al-Qasmiyeh Bridge, which was attacked and partially damaged last night. https://t.co/uyChoPKGo0

— Lebanon News & OSINT (@LebOSINT) April 9, 2026

War crimes by Israel again

The Qasmiyeh bridge is the last bridge linking the north and south of the Litani River in the Tyre area. Despite Israeli warnings to evacuate, thousands of families are still in the area.

There’s no way to explain the suffering the destruction of this bridge will cause without sounding hyperbolic and the fact that it was intentional should lead to an indictment of war crimes for everyone involved. https://t.co/e1uTlapZfd

— Shane Proteus (@shaneproteus) April 8, 2026

Complete destruction of the bridge would isolate huge parts of southern Lebanon from the capital and the rest of the country. This would make it much more difficult for Lebanon to deliver humanitarian aid to the south. It would also undermine resistance fighters’ ability to travel and defend their sovereign territory.

Of course, this is part of the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) illegal plan to occupy and depopulate the south.

Northern and southern Lebanon are almost completely disconnected as part of the Israeli military’s plan to occupy and depopulate the south. https://t.co/L5sah174Zj

— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) April 8, 2026

As always, the end goal is ‘Greater Israel‘, which Israel first mentioned as far back as 1967.

Israel’s goal is the creation of Greater-Israel. They will not stop until they have achieved this goal. They are going to ethnically cleans and occupy whole of Lebanon. This is not about Hezbollah or security, it’s about murdering, expelling people and conquering more land for… https://t.co/UB1pWz3wYq

— Burim Bajrami (@BurimBajrami) April 8, 2026

It is used to refer to the territories Israel illegally stole in 1967: the Palestinian territories, the Golan Heights in Syria, and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

However, Zionists have also referred to it as including all of Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan, along with significant parts of Syria, Iraq, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.

How many genocides does Israel want to add to its scorecard?

They’re about to commit a 2nd genocide. https://t.co/u25ufE1rvX

— Mack V. 실험ᵥᵢᵢᵢ 🟡⚙️ VTuber (@TheMackV) April 8, 2026

What does the international community expect when it has allowed Israel to systematically carpet-bomb Gaza, without repercussions?

I fear we are about to witness another genocide.
Israel has not been held accountable for Gaza, and now we might be witnessing a repeat in Southern Lebanon. https://t.co/aUvVOZ7ezn

— Constantine Valdor -The King in Yellow (@Griffinstreaks) April 8, 2026

You have to sanction Israel @UN
It doesn’t matter if USA vetoes – every country must commit. USA can’t punish everyone. https://t.co/6eCkmVPNCL

— aharring (@aharring) April 9, 2026

Israel has already displaced over 1.1m people in Southern Lebanon, and killed thousands. But humanitarian disasters are its speciality, and just like in Gaza, it has now created another one in Lebanon.

Israel is a US-backed colonialist project that gets off on killing brown people. Meanwhile, the majority of Western governments continue to whitewash their war crimes in the name of ‘defeating terrorists’. We all know it’s bullshit, but unfortunately, until the international community grows a collective backbone, Israel will continue to get away with committing multiple genocides at the same time.

Feature image via AFP News Agency/ YouTube