Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon kills five civilians
Beirut (Quds News Network) – Five Lebanese citizens, including a family of four, were killed and more than nine others, including members of one family, were injured in an Israeli airstrike last night which targeted a house in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency has reported.
It said an Israeli raid targeted a house in the Ain neighborhood in the center of Khirbet Selm town, resulting in the murder of a family of four—who had previously fled from the town of Blida—and the injury of more than nine others.
The agency pointed out that Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at the house, resulting in the murder of a father from the Marji family, his pregnant wife from the Fakih family, their two sons, and another person.
The Israeli attack also injured nine people from surrounding houses, all of whom were transferred to the Tebnine Government Hospital.
The airstrike caused severe damage to dozens of surrounding houses, according to the agency.
Israel has been striking Lebanon since the beginning of the regime’s hostilities in the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7.
Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has prompted retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinians in the blockaded area. The Lebanese movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.
Hezbollah fighters have recently targeted Israeli troops near the border with southern Lebanon and rained down rockets on Israeli military sites, including those in Ruwaisat al-Qarn, Zibdin, and Jabal Nader regions.
Also on Saturday, Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the southern Lebanese town of Majdal Zoun, destroying it. An Israeli drone fired a missile at an empty house in the border town of Blida as well.
