Israel pounds Lebanon, targets residential building in central Beirut
Al Jazeera
The strike in a densely populated area appears to be another attempted assassination, with no information yet on target.
Israel has continued its relentless bombardment of Lebanon, striking a residential building in central Beirut and locations in the east and south of the embattled country, killing at least 19 people.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that strikes early on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded five in Tamnin al-Tahta, in the Baalbek district, following an earlier report that 10 had died.
NNA also reported three people were killed after a car was targeted by an Israeli drone in Saf al-Hawa, Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health also announced that seven people have been killed and 11 wounded in Israeli attacks on al-Shahabiya, southern Lebanon, overnight.
One person was killed in an Israeli drone attack in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, according to the NNA and one person was killed in Zlaya, Bekaa, the ministry said.
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