
One martyred, six injured in Israeli airstrike: Lebanon health ministry
BEIRUT (WAM)The Lebanese Health Ministry announced that one person was martyred, and six others were injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported that the Israeli airstrikes targeted the nearby town of Shaqra, Bint Jbeil, and Shebaa.

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