Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills 7 people, Lebanese state media say
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed seven people early Saturday, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said. The strike wounded three others. Paramedics are still searching through the rubble, the agency reported. The death toll from the airstrike makes it one of the deadliest…
An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon killed seven people early on a Saturday. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that three others were wounded. Paramedics were still searching through the rubble.
The airstrike occurred in an area where Israel and Lebanon had agreed on a plan for Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon in exchange for the disarmament of the Hezbollah militant group, according to the Associated Press.
The Middle East Eye reported that Israeli jets struck the outskirts of Ansar in the Nabatieh district, as well as the vicinity of Nabatieh al-Fawqa. Israeli warplanes also launched an air strike on the al-Masha’ neighbourhood in the town of al-Mansouri in Tyre district.
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