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South Lebanon province, Lebanon: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Name of the region as UCDP writes it: South Lebanon provincePopulation about 542,639 (Wikidata)

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in South Lebanon province, Lebanon in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 4P. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 200 eventsP in South Lebanon province, Lebanon. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 586P. UCDP counts 116P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 6 regions of Lebanon with a page, South Lebanon province has the 2nd highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. South Lebanon province holds 33 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in Lebanon in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 242 events in South Lebanon province. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 200P, which is down 17 percent. Over the same periods, the count for Lebanon as a whole went from 861 to 610P, which is down 29 percent. For the events in South Lebanon province, the three types of violence have shares within 5 points of the shares for Lebanon.

Table 1. South Lebanon province, Lebanon: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events41200
Estimated deaths, best estimate42586
Low estimate of deaths42586
High estimate of deaths42586
Deaths of civilians00116

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for South Lebanon province, Lebanon on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

0100200Jan 2025Jan 2026GEDCandidate
Figure 1. Events in South Lebanon province by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 5.
Figure 2. Events in South Lebanon province, 1 Oct 2025 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 200 events with 586 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. South Lebanon province: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran12
Government of Israel200P586P
Hamas3P5P
Hezbollah196P579P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Second-level areas

The areas in South Lebanon province that UCDP names in the events. The table has 10 areas at most.

Table 3. Second-level areas of South Lebanon province in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Area, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Jezzine county8P15P
Sidon county53P202P
Tyre county139P369P

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. South Lebanon province: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict200P100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events.

Table 5. Monthly reports of South Lebanon province, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P4PCandidate Events
August 20261P2PCandidate Events
July 20264P4PCandidate Events
June 202627P81PCandidate Events
May 202642P147PCandidate Events
April 202649P153PCandidate Events
March 202646P148PCandidate Events
February 20263P6PCandidate Events
January 20269P9PCandidate Events
December 202536GED
November 2025517GED
October 202579GED
September 202511GED
August 2025312GED
July 202556GED
June 202545GED
May 202555GED
April 202569GED
March 202544GED
February 202511GED
January 202515GED
December 202425GED
November 2024104323GED
October 2024106308GED
September 202439293GED
August 2024816GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 30 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. South Lebanon province, Lebanon: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/lebanon/south-lebanon-province/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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Questions

How many events did UCDP record in South Lebanon province, Lebanon in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 4 eventsP of organized violence in South Lebanon province, Lebanon in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 1 eventP.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For South Lebanon province, Lebanon in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 586P. The low estimate is 586 and the high estimate is 586P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.