Israeli Airstrikes Target Lebanon, Injure One in Sidon
Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple sites in southern and eastern Lebanon late Monday and into early Tuesday, including the coastal city of Sidon, where a three-story commercial building was leveled and at least one person was injured. The attacks, which the Israeli military described as operations against Hezbollah and Hamas infrastructure, occurred just days before Lebanon's government is set to discuss the progress of disarming Hezbollah along the border with Israel.
In Sidon, Lebanon's third-largest city, the unannounced strike around 1 a.m. local time hit a building in a bustling commercial district filled with workshops and mechanic shops. Officials reported the structure was uninhabited at the time, and rescue teams continued searching the rubble for additional victims, though no deaths were confirmed. An ambulance transported one injured individual to a hospital. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the Sidon incident.
Earlier on Monday, the Israeli army issued evacuation warnings via social media for four villages: Kfar Hatta and Annan in southern Lebanon, and Al-Manara and Ain al-Tineh in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Arabic-language spokesman Avichay...