AFP – Lebanon said 15 people were killed in Israeli strikes yesterday, including two rare strikes in mountain areas outside Hezbollah’s traditional strongholds in the south and east.
The Health Ministry said an Israeli strike on the village of Joun in the Chouf mountains, southeast of Beirut, killed four people.
Another Israeli strike killed three people in Maaysra – a mountain area about 25 kilometres north of Beirut. Eight people were killed in Israeli strikes in the south, the ministry said.
Earlier, a Lebanese security official had told AFP “an Israeli strike targeted a house in the village of Maaysra”, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
A resident said the strike hit her village, destroying a house and a cafe. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that “two rockets fell in Maaysra”.
The focus of Israel’s firepower has shifted sharply from Gaza to Lebanon in recent days.
