Israeli strikes on Lebanon capital area kill 7

BEIRUT: Lebanon's health ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs and a nearby town killed at least seven people, as Israel's military said it had targeted senior Hezbollah members. The health ministry said an Israeli raid early on Wednesday in the Jnah area, which borders Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut, killed at least five people and wounded 21 others.
A Lebanese security source said four cars parked on a street were targeted. A correspondent at the scene shortly after the attack saw the remains of a car and firefighters battling a blaze in the dark of night. The sound of several large explosions had been heard across the city, and a column of smoke was seen rising from the Jnah area, which is home to apartment buildings, cafes and shops.
In the morning, correspondents saw a blackened, debris-strewn street with passersby coming to look. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) said the strike originated from a warship. A separate strike that hit a vehicle in Khaldeh, just south of the capital, late on Tuesday killed two people and wounded three, the health ministry said. A correspondent there saw a charred vehicle and paramedics taking a wounded person away on a stretcher. Israel's military said it had struck a 'senior Hezbollah commander' and another member of the group in two separate strikes 'in the Beirut area', without naming the targets or exact locations. — AFP