About 10 folks have been killed, together with two youngsters, and 5 wounded in an Israeli assault. File | Photograph credit score: AP
Some 10 folks, together with two youngsters, have been killed and 5 wounded in an Israeli assault on a residential constructing within the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, the state information company reported. NNA he mentioned on Saturday (August 17, 2024).
The victims have been all Syrian residents, NNA he mentioned, including that the ultimate toll of the assault can be introduced after DNA assessments have been carried out to find out the id of the victims.
The Israeli army mentioned the airstrike focused a weapons depot utilized by Hezbollah militants.
The assault got here after ceasefire talks between Palestinian Islamist group Hamas and Israel in Doha broke down on Friday (16 August 2024) and negotiators are resulting from meet once more subsequent week.
Tensions have been rising within the area in latest weeks after a rocket assault blamed on Hezbollah killed 12 youngsters and youngsters within the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel responded by killing a senior Hezbollah commander within the suburbs of Beirut.
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate towards Israel, as has Iran for the assassination in Tehran of the political chief of the Palestinian group Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
