At least 10 killed in Israeli strike on Southern Lebanon

At least ten people were killed and five wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in Nabatiyeh city in southern Lebanon, state news agency NNA said this morning (Saturday).

The victims were all Syrian citizens, NNA said, adding that a final toll of the strike would be announced after DNA tests were conducted to determine the identity of the victims.

The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah militants.

A view shows a damaged site in the aftermath of what Lebanon’s state media said was an Israeli strike in al-kfour, Nabatieh, southern Lebanon August 17, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Taher 

Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after a rocket strike blamed on Hezbollah killed 12 children and teens in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel responded with the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in the suburbs of Beirut.

Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel, as has Iran for the killing in Tehran of the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas group, Ismail Haniyeh.