Israeli Airstrike in Southern Lebanon Kills 5 Children

IQNA – An Israeli airstrike in Sidon in southern Lebanon led to the deaths of five children, according to Lebanese media on Monday, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its brutal aggression on the Arab country.

Lebanon’s state news agency NNA said the deaths occurred in the town of Charqiyeh in eastern Sidon late Sunday.

A Lebanese youth movement in the town, the Imam al-Mahdi Scouts, confirmed that the five were group members and lost their lives in the Israeli attack.

Since Sept. 23, the Israeli regime has launched massive airstrikes against what it calls Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, killing more than 900 people and injuring over 2,700 others, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Several Hezbollah commanders were martyred in the assault, including its leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in an airstrike in Beirut on Friday.

Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 41,600 people, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7 last year.

The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the Gaza conflict into a wider regional war.

Source: Anadolu Agency