At least six killed in latest Israeli attack on southern Lebanon

The Lebanese Health Ministry says Israel struck a residential building in Nabatieh city in the south of the country.

At least six people have been killed following an Israeli air attack on a residential building in Nabatieh city, in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said.

The Health Ministry said early on Saturday that three people were also seriously wounded in the latest attack by Israeli forces.

Lebanese media have reported a higher death toll of eight people killed in the attack, but that figure could not be independently verified.

Israel’s military, which posts regular updates on its air force and artillery strikes on Lebanon, has yet to comment on the attack. Earlier, the military posted on social media that its fighter jets had attacked “military buildings” in the villages of Maroun al-Ras and Aita al-Shaab, which are located more than 50km (31 miles) south of Nabatieh city.

The attacks come as the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has traded near-daily fire with Israeli forces in support of its ally Hamas since the Palestinian group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza.