Lebanon central bank condemns Israeli strike on branch in south

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s central bank on Saturday condemned a “direct and deliberate” Israeli attack on one of its branches in the southern city of Nabatieh, where Israel has intensified its strikes despite a ceasefire. “Israeli forces directly targeted a branch of the Bank of Lebanon in Nabatieh,” the bank said in a statement. It condemned what it called “a deliberate attack against an official building that is inseparable from Lebanese state institutions.” The building was empty at the time of the strike and sustained only material damage, it added.