1 killed, 5 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon

BEIRUT, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — A Lebanese woman was killed and five civilians injured on Wednesday in Israeli artillery and airstrikes on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.
The Israeli army launched artillery shelling on the village of Qabrikha, killing a woman and injuring two other people, including a 12-year-old child, the ministry’s Public Health Emergency Operations Center said in a statement.
In a separate raid by the Israeli army on the village of Houla, three people were injured, added the statement.
According to Lebanese military sources, the Israeli military launched seven airstrikes Wednesday afternoon on six towns and villages and shelled nine villages and towns in southern Lebanon with about 30 shells.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah said that it “targeted with Katyusha rockets the Beit Hillel and Zar’it barracks and artillery positions in Dishon in northern Israel” in response to the Israeli attacks on the southern villages.
The Lebanese armed group added that it also targeted the Marj site on Wednesday afternoon with rockets.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas’ attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon. ■