Folks collect at a website that bought heavy equipment, the place numerous automobiles had been destroyed in Israeli airstrikes, within the southern village of Msayleh, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025.
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BEIRUT — Israel carried out intense airstrikes on southern Lebanon early Saturday, killing one particular person, wounding seven and briefly reducing a freeway that hyperlinks Beirut with elements of south Lebanon, the Well being Ministry mentioned.
The pre-dawn airstrikes on the village of Msayleh struck a spot that bought heavy equipment, destroying numerous automobiles.
A automobile carrying greens that occurred to be passing by on the time of the strikes was hit, killing one particular person and wounding one other, in keeping with Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV.
The Well being Ministry later mentioned that the one slain was a Syrian citizen, whereas the wounded had been a Syrian nationwide and 6 Lebanese, together with two girls.
The Israeli navy mentioned it struck a spot the place equipment was saved for use to rebuild infrastructure for the militant Hezbollah group.
Because the 14-month Israel-Hezbollah conflict resulted in late November with a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israel has carried out virtually each day airstrikes killing dozens of individuals. Israel accuses Hezbollah of making an attempt to rebuild its capabilities after the group suffered heavy losses through the conflict.
Earlier this month, the U.N. human rights chief, Volker Türk, known as for renewed efforts to carry a everlasting finish to hostilities in Lebanon following the conflict. He mentioned that till the top of September, they’ve verified 103 civilians killed in Lebanon because the ceasefire.
The newest Israel-Hezbollah conflict killed greater than 4,000 folks in Lebanon, together with a whole bunch of civilians, and brought about an estimated $11 billion value of destruction, in keeping with the World Financial institution. In Israel, 127 folks died, together with 80 troopers.
The conflict began when Hezbollah started firing rockets throughout the border on Oct. 8, 2023, a day after a lethal Hamas-led incursion into southern Israel sparked the conflict in Gaza. Israel responded with shelling and airstrikes in Lebanon, and the 2 sides grew to become locked in an escalating battle that grew to become a full-blown conflict in late September 2024.
