Israel conducts air strikes in Lebanon on 21 February 2026; senior Hezbollah leader killed

Exam-focused facts from the 23 February 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

At least 12 people were killed and 24 wounded in Israeli air strikes targeting Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley.
Senior Hezbollah leader Hussein Yaghi, the son of former lawmaker Mohamed Yaghi, was killed in the strikes targeting command centres.
An Israeli strike on the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in the port city of Sidon resulted in the deaths of two members of Hamas.
The military actions occurred despite a fragile United States (US)-brokered ceasefire established in 2024 to end cross-border hostilities.
The Israeli military stated the strikes targeted command centres of Hezbollah and Hamas, while Hamas claimed the targeted building in Sidon belonged to a joint security force.