Israeli strike kills 15 in Chouf's Joun
An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Mount Lebanon’s Chouf province killed at least 15 people, including eight women and four children, and wounded at least 12 others, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
The strike came without warning. Lebanese state media said the building was sheltering displaced families.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the attack, and the target remains unclear. The village of Joun is home to Greek Catholic, Shiite Muslim and Maronite Christian communities. It lies 13 kilometers (8 miles) northeast of the port city of Sidon and nearly two kilometers (1.2 miles) north of the Awali River, meaning the village was outside areas where Israel had previously issued evacuation warnings.
Israeli strikes killed least 33 people across Lebanon on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said. It announced 44 people had been killed and 88 wounded the previous day, bringing the total casualties in the 13-month conflict between Hezbollah and Israel to more than 3,290 dead and 14,200 injured.
One-quarter of them are women and children, the Health Ministry said, listing at least 2,346 men, 644 women and 203 children killed.
Source: Associated Press
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