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Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Tuesday, August 18, 2026 – The Regional War

Day 62 of Negotiations to End the Regional War and the Exchange of Blows Between the U.S. and Iran

Israel

1. Six migrant workers, citizens of Thailand, were wounded by the explosion of interceptor shrapnel near Metula. Two of them are in serious condition.

2. The remains of Yehuda Katz, who was killed in the battle of Sultan Yacoub in 1982, were transferred to Israel.

Lebanon

1. Events:

‣ Airstrikes in Al Mansouri and Deir Seryan;

‣ Artillery fire on Rachaya Al Foukhar, Al Mansouri, Houla, Zibqin and Chihine;

‣ Automatic weapons fire in Hula and Haddatha;

‣ Burning of a houses in Zawtar El Charqiyeh; demolition of houses in Aainata; explosions in Tallouseh, Kounine, Haddatha and Chebaa.

Deir Siriane
Zawtar al-Sharqiya

Syria

1. Airstrike deep inside Syria on a military airfield in Idlib, in northern Syria, about 60 km from the border with Turkey.

2. Artillery fire on Aabdyn, in the west of Daraa Province.

Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War