BEIRUT: Overnight strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least four people, Lebanese state media and the government said on Sunday, as Israel said it was pressing its campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Israel is fighting a second front in the war in the Middle East in southern Lebanon, against Hezbollah, alongside the air campaign against Iran it launched with the United States more than two weeks ago.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Israel struck “an apartment in a residential building” in a northern district of the coastal city of Sidon, killing one person and causing a fire.
An AFP journalist at the scene saw damage to the third story of an apartment building as the Lebanese army cordoned off the area and rescue teams worked to extinguish the blaze.
Nearby residents rushed into the street, some carrying belongings.
