The death toll from an Israeli airstrike on an area in southern Lebanon has risen to 10, including two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry and state media reported on Saturday. Most of those killed were Syrian nationals, according to the ministry.
The National News Agency stated that the raid targeted a brick mill on the outskirts of the northern town of Al-Kafour in the Nabatiyeh district. Earlier reports from the area indicated it was a residential building. Among the dead was the caretaker of the mill, a Syrian national, along with his entire family.
Five others were injured in the Israeli strike, with some in critical condition, the ministry said in a statement.
The Israeli army claimed that its air force had attacked a Hezbollah militia weapons depot in the Nabatiyeh area. The military also conducted artillery strikes to eliminate a threat in other areas of southern Lebanon.
The Israeli army noted that reports of civilian injuries resulting from the strike are under review.
On Friday, at least one person was killed and another wounded in an Israeli strike that hit the village of Aitaroun in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. Meanwhile, the Lebanese pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said one of its fighters was killed, though it did not specify when or where.
The Israeli army stated that the target it hit in the Aitaroun area was a military structure where Hezbollah terrorists were operating.
Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel have been engaged in daily firefights since the Gaza war began in October. More than 120 civilians have been killed, most of them on the Lebanese side.
dpa
