Israeli air strikes on a village in southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, including two children, Lebanese state media say. Nine people were killed in one strike that destroyed a three-storey residential building in Kfar Rumman shortly after midnight, while two paramedics were killed in a second strike on a car, according to
An Israeli air strike has killed seven people in southern Lebanon, the nation’s prime minister has said, in one of the deadliest attacks since an agreement aimed at reducing hostilities was announced in June. The strike hit a house on the outskirts of Ansar at about 04:30 (01:30 GMT), in the Nabatieh district, where authorities
Lebanon’s parliament has voted to abolish the death penalty, a move that would make it the first country in the Middle East to formally end capital punishment. A majority of MPs in the 128-seat parliament backed the measure on Tuesday, while Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc voted against it. The legislation will now go to the cabinet
One person has been killed in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, after the Israeli military said it was responding to a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iran-backed group Hezbollah. A man died and 12 other people were injured when the roof of a prayer hall at the
