1 killed, 10 injured in Israeli airstrikes on eastern, southern Lebanon

By Rasa Evrensel

ISTANBUL (AA) - At least one person was killed and 10 others injured on Saturday as Israeli airstrikes targeted various locations in eastern and southern Lebanon.

According to Lebanon's National News Agency, one person was killed and two others injured in an attack on a residential apartment in the town of Shatoura, Bekaa Valley region of eastern Lebanon.

In southern Lebanon, five individuals sustained injuries, including one critically, when an Israeli strike hit a building in Jal el Bahar, near the coastal city of Tyre, close to the Mashriq Medical Center.

Emergency responders from the Red Cross and civil defense teams rushed to the scene to transport the injured to nearby hospitals.

The Lebanese news agency said Israeli aerial assaults, including both warplanes and drones, persisted around Tyre and surrounding villages from late Friday night into Saturday morning.

Another three people were injured in Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khraibeh in the south.

Israeli airstrikes also targeted a building along the Zefta highway in the Nabatiyeh province, leading to its destruction, as well as attacks on several southern towns, including Abba, Khiam, and Kfar Kila.

While cross-border warfare between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continued since the Gaza war last October, Israel escalated its offensive in Lebanon late last month, killing Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and many other commanders.

The extensive airstrikes, followed by a ground invasion, have claimed more than 1,500 lives and displaced around 1.3 million people.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi