3 dead, 9 hurt as Israel strikes Haret Saida anew

An air strike killed at least three people in the Sidon suburb of Haret Saida on Sunday, the health ministry said, as more bombs hit the country's east.

"The Israeli enemy's raid on Haret Saida resulted in an initial death toll of three people killed and nine others injured," the ministry said, referring to a densely populated area near Sidon.

Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported another Israeli strike south of Sidon, on the town of Ghaziyeh. An AFP correspondent said a child was rescued from the rubble of a residential building.

NNA said other Israeli strikes hit near a hospital in Tebnine, a town in the south Lebanon district of Bint Jbeil.

The health ministry said the hospital sustained "severe damage," and that seven people were wounded.

Neither the Haret Saida strike nor those in Lebanon's south were preceded by a warning to evacuate.

The health ministry also said a strike near Tyre killed two rescue workers from the Hezbollah-affiliated Islamic Health Committee.

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Israel's military did issue a warning for Lebanon's eastern Baalbek area, saying it would attack Hezbollah-linked facilities.

An AFP correspondent later reported at least three strikes in the Baalbek area, which has seen heavy air raids over the past few days.

Also on Sunday, NNA reported the recovery of five out of 21 bodies buried under the rubble for about a week in the flashpoint southern town of Khiam.

Hezbollah on Sunday published an undated video of an underground facility dubbed "Imad 5", showing a hatch opening and a missile pointing skywards.

Fighters are also seen moving through an apparently underground tunnel carved into the rock.

The war has killed more than 1,940 people in Lebanon since September 23, according to an AFP tally of Lebanese health ministry figures.

Israel's military says 38 soldiers have been killed since it began ground operations in Lebanon.