Overnight Israeli attacks kill four people in Lebanon
Al Jazeera
Lebanese media and authorities report deadly attacks as efforts continue to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
Overnight Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon have killed at least four people, according to Lebanese state media and the government.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) said on Sunday Israeli forces struck “an apartment in a residential building” in a northern district of the coastal city of Sidon, killing one person and causing a fire.
To the southeast of Sidon, in the village of al-Qatrani, three people were killed in another Israeli attack, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.
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