Two killed in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon

Israeli warplanes fired two air-to-ground missiles at the house, leading to casualties and destroying the house

Beirut/Jerusalem: Two people were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting a house in the village of Ainata in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. The centre, affiliated with Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, confirmed the airstrikes and casualties in a statement on Sunday.

A Lebanese security source said Israeli warplanes fired two air-to-ground missiles at the house, leading to casualties and destroying the house, Xinhua news agency reported. “Civil Defence teams are working to clear the rubble,” the source added.

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The unnamed source noted that in a separate attack, Israeli helicopters fired three missiles at prefabricated homes in the village of Kafr Kila in southeastern Lebanon, utterly destroying them.

According to the source, residents set up these temporary homes about two weeks ago as provisional shelters while rebuilding their damaged houses. No casualties were mentioned.

Meanwhile, Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA) reported that an Israeli drone dropped a stun grenade on Sunday noon near a civilian inspecting his home in the village of Ramyah.

The NNA added that the Lebanese Red Cross transported three bodies from the village of Al-Qasr, near the border with Syria, to Hermel Governmental Hospital. Security forces are investigating the case.

On Sunday, the Israeli military said a gunshot hit a vehicle in the northern Israeli community of Avivim, with no immediate reports of injuries. “The gunshot most likely originated from Lebanese territory,” the military said in a statement, adding that troops were scanning the area and the incident was under review.