Israel strikes South and Bekaa before and during Nasrallah funeral
Lebanese state media reported Israeli strikes Sunday about 10 kilometers from the southern border as mourners converged in Beirut for the massive funeral of the group's slain leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
"Hostile aircraft launched two raids targeting the area between Qleileh and Sammaaiyah in the Tyre district," the official National News Agency said.
The strikes wounded a Syrian girl and damaged a number of homes, NNA added.
Israel's military said it struck rocket launchers which it said threatened Israeli civilians.
"A short while ago, the IDF (military) conducted a precise intelligence-based strike on a military site containing rocket launchers and weapons in Lebanese territory, in which Hezbollah activity was identified," a military statement said.
"Additionally, several rocket launchers that posed an imminent threat to Israeli civilians were struck in southern Lebanon," it added.
An Israeli airstrike later targeted the Brisa area in Hermel's outskirts in the Bekaa.
And as Nasrallah's funeral got underway, new Israeli airstrikes targeted the outskirts of Bouday in the Bekaa and the al-Ahmadiyeh area in south Lebanon.
Israeli airstrikes were later reported in the southern areas of Wadi al-Ezziyeh, Jabal al-Rihan, al-Aqbiyeh and al-Bissariyeh.
The Israeli army said it "attacked military sites containing rockets and combat equipment in the Baalbek area and in several other areas in southern Lebanon where Hezbollah activities were detected."
Source: Agence France Presse, Naharnet
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