Lebanon’s health ministry reported that Israel targeted the southern city of Tyre on Monday, resulting in the deaths of at least five individuals and injuring ten more.
According to a ministry statement, an “Israeli enemy strike this morning on a building” in the city center caused a provisional toll of five fatalities and ten injuries. The ministry also noted that “efforts are ongoing to clear the rubble.”
An AFP video journalist witnessed emergency responders transporting a survivor on a stretcher to an ambulance while other rescuers worked to extinguish a significant fire at the site, where a residential building had collapsed.
Tyre, an ancient coastal city known for its UNESCO World Heritage site, experienced heavy Israeli bombardments last week, leaving parts of the city center in ruins. Israel intensified its air strikes on Hezbollah positions last month and deployed ground forces into Lebanon, following a year marked by cross-border exchanges of fire with the Iran-backed group amid the Gaza conflict.
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