16 more killed as Israel keeps attacking Lebanon
Israeli bombing and artillery attacks on Nabatieh city and surrounding towns in southern Lebanon killed at least 16 people and wounded several others early Friday, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Despite a U.S.-Iran deal coming into force that also envisages an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, Israeli strikes after midnight targeted inhabited homes in the towns of Al-Sharqiyah, Harouf and Kfar Sir in Nabatieh district, causing a number of casualties and leaving some people missing, the agency reported.
Around 2.10 am (2100GMT), Israeli warplanes launched a series of strikes on Nabatieh city, Kfar Tebnit, Nabatieh al-Fawqa and the Rayhan heights, the agency said.
Around 3 am (2200GMT), airstrikes hit the Kfarjoz-Nabatieh area, the university neighborhood in Nabatieh and the Al-Baydar neighborhood in Harouf, killing eight people, according to NNA.
