Israeli strike kills four civilians in Lebanon

A man inspects the scene of an overnight Israeli air strike that targeted an area near the Bekaa Valley city of Baalbek, on Monday. Pic/AFP

An Israeli airstrike in the town of Mays al Jabal in south Lebanon killed four civilians and wounded several others, Lebanese state media and the town's municipality reported. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the strike took place "while a number of the town's residents were inspecting their homes and shops and the damage they sustained" in previous strikes. Those attacks came over seven months of near-daily clashes between the Hezbollah militant group and Israeli forces against the backdrop of Israel's war against Hezbollah ally Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military said its jet targeted military infrastructure in the southern Lebanese town belonging to Hezbollah, which has clashed with Israeli troops since October 8.

Hezbollah on Sunday said it conducted at least 10 attacks targetting Israeli military positions and surveillance gear near the tense Lebanon-Israel border.

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