Israeli strike kills 18 in northern Lebanon as Hezbollah steps up attacks
Al Jazeera
Four people wounded in the attack that hit apartment building in Aitou village, Lebanese Red Cross says.
At least 18 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike that hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon, the Lebanese Red Cross has said.
“Eighteen dead and four wounded in the strike on Aito,” the Red Cross said on Monday, referring to the Aitou village in the Christian-majority Zgharta district.
The official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli attack targeted a “residential apartment” in the village.
It’s the first time the area was attacked in a year of hostilities between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, according to NNA.
Hezbollah is mainly present in the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
