BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of civilians killed by Israeli airstrikes in several areas of southern Lebanon the previous day rose to 10, seven of whom belonged to the same family, according to the Lebanese state news agency.
The southeastern Lebanese villages of Adechit and Al Sabane were hit by airstrikes on the 14th. In Lebanon**14**, airstrikes killed four civilians, including two children, and injured nine.
This is a house that was destroyed in an air strike in Nabaitiyeh, Lebanon, on February 15. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Tahir Abu Hamdan).
Civil defence personnel rescued a boy from the rubble while more bodies of the victims were found, and the civilian death toll rose to 10, seven of whom belonged to the same family, whose homes were destroyed in the airstrike, the Lebanese state news agency said.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a statement condemning the Israeli attack. Allah in Lebanon said it would retaliate.
The Israel Defense Forces said on the afternoon of the 14th that many places in northern Israel were attacked by rockets from Lebanon that morning, killing one civilian and injuring seven others; In response, Israeli military jets were dispatched to carry out air strikes on a number of military targets and infrastructure belonging to Allah and its subordinate forces in Lebanon.
On 14 February, in Zephat, Israel, the wounded who had been hit by rockets were taken to a hospital for reception**. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by David Cohen Gini ** Agency).
No group has yet claimed to have carried out an attack on northern Israel.
Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October 2023, there have been frequent clashes on the Lebanese-Israeli border. The Lebanese Allah militant organization has used rockets and other attacks on northern Israel, while the Israeli army has continued to carry out air strikes and artillery strikes against targets in southern Lebanon. According to Agence France-Presse, 254 people have died on the Lebanese side, most of them Lebanese Allah fighters. Israeli military statistics show that 16 Israeli soldiers were killed, 10 of whom were Israeli soldiers.
The 14th was the deadliest day for Lebanon since October last year, and there are fears that the conflict between Israel and Lebanese Allah will expand. UN Secretary-General's spokesperson Stefana Djarric warned that the current situation is already dangerous and that all parties should refrain from further escalating the situation. (Guo Qian).