By Yusuf Alioglu and Said Amori
ISTANBUL (AA) - Israel killed four people and injured several others Saturday in an airstrike targeting homes in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that Israel intensified airstrikes on cities and towns in the Tyre district, starting earlier and continuing into the evening.
The airstrikes on Borj Rahhal destroyed several homes, killing two people and injuring several others, said the agency.
It reported that the Lebanese Civil Defense retrieved two bodies from under the rubble of a house bombed by warplanes in the town of Ramadiyeh.
In a brief statement, the Israeli army earlier said it was carrying out airstrikes in the Tyre area.
Israel in September launched an air campaign in Lebanon against what it claims are targets of the Hezbollah group, in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare.
Since October 2023, more than 3,400 people have been killed, nearly 14,600 injured and more than 1 million displaced by Israeli attacks, according to Lebanese health authorities.
Despite international warnings that the Middle East region is on the brink of a regional war, Israel on Oct. 1 expanded the conflict by launching a ground assault into southern Lebanon.
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala