A man shows the remains of an Israeli warplane missile that hit a house and killed three people, in Bint Jbeil town, south Lebanon, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]
Three Syrian children killed in ‘horrific’ Israeli attack on Lebanon
Israeli air attacks in southern Lebanon have killed at least five Syrians, including three children, Lebanese media reported, as Israel’s military and the Hezbollah armed group continued to trade fire across the border.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday that the three children were killed in an Israeli air raid “that targeted farmland in the village of Umm Toot”, while two others were killed in an Israeli drone attack on the Kfar Tebnit road, which is also in south Lebanon.
The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) condemned the deadly attacks.
“The killing of 3 more children by an airstrike today as they were reportedly playing in front of their home in South Lebanon is horrific,” the agency said in a post on X.
It added that “more children are at risk as long as the violence continues”.
The AFP news agency, citing a Lebanese security source, reported that the other two Syrians killed on Tuesday were “civilians” who worked in the area and had been swimming there.
The NNA said that “eyewitnesses reported that the motorbike was carrying two people and that when a number of citizens tried to approach the bike … it was subjected to a second strike”.
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