At least 9 killed in Israeli strike on Southern Lebanon, state news agency says
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel, as has Iran, for the killing in Tehran of the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas group, Ismail Haniyeh.
At least nine people were killed and five wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in Nabatieh city in southern Lebanon, state news agency NNA said on Saturday.
The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah militants.
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Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after a rocket strike blamed on Hezbollah killed 12 children and teens in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Israel responded with the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in the suburbs of Beirut.
Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel, as has Iran, for the killing in Tehran of the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas group, Ismail Haniyeh.
A Palestinian carries a picture of late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran, during a march to condemn his killing, at Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon July 31, 2024. (Reuters)
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