BEIRUT: Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 15 people, a day after Israel threatened to hit Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, forcing it to close.
Israel has launched airstrikes across Lebanon as well as a ground invasion in the south since March 2, when armed group Hezbollah entered the Middle East war on the side of its backer Iran.
Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir visited troops in southern Lebanon on Sunday and pledged to intensify strikes against Hezbollah.
One of Israel’s strikes in Beirut Sunday killed at least five people and wounded 52 in the Jnah neighborhood, the Lebanese health ministry said.
A strike targeting an apartment building in Ain Saadeh town east of Beirut killed three people and injured three others, while a strike in the southern town of Kfar Hatta, far from the border with Israel, killed seven people including a four-year-old girl, the ministry said.
