Eight people were killed and 13 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, and the country’s south on Sunday, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported.
At least two of them were killed and 11 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, according to the news agency.
The strikes targeted two residential apartments in two buildings in the Hawta al-Ghadir area, causing several injuries, the state news agency NNA reported.
An Anadolu reporter said Israeli fighter jets bombed the Dahiyeh area without prior warning.
Smoke was seen rising from the targeted area.
In a post on X, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed that the army targeted a Hezbollah infrastructure facility in the area.
A joint statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed the attack was carried out in response to Hezbollah rocket fire into northern Israel on Sunday morning.
