BEIRUT, Oct 17 – An Israeli airstrike on a municipal building in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed the city’s mayor and at least five others. Two other persons were killed in an airstrike on the town of Yammouneh, northwest of Baalbek.
According to the state National News Agency (NNA), Israel launched at least ten air strikes on Nabatieh.
Mayor Ahmed Kaheil was reportedly conducting a meeting in the municipal building when the airstrike occurred, killing him and five employees of the municipality.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned “the new Israeli aggression against civilians in the city of Nabatieh, which deliberately targeted a meeting of the municipal council that was discussing the city’s services and relief situation”.
The Health Ministry said 43 others were injured in the airstrikes on Nabatieh, as rescue teams continue to search for survivors under the rubble.
