More than 20 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Christian town in northern Lebanon, prompting Hezbollah to fire rockets at Tel Aviv, as Israel's multifront war continues to escalate. Footage from Aitou showed a heavily damaged building and destroyed cars. The village is far from Hezbollah's power centres in Beirut and the south and east of the country. The village’s mayor, Joseph Trad, told Reuters the building had been rented to families displaced by the war. The strike was one of several over the past two weeks targeting areas thought to be 'safe'.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2024 11:26 UTC