Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:37am on 24 Oct 2024,Thursday International
At least 19 people, including six women and five children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the village of Teffahta, southern Lebanon, on Tuesday. The dead included former school principal Ahmed Ezzedine and multiple generations of his family, who lived in the building. A local imam, Sheikh Abdo Abo Rayya, was also killed while walking nearby, along with two other passers-by. The Israeli military has not commented on the strike but has previously stated efforts to avoid civilian casualties. The incident highlights the growing toll of ongoing hostilities in the region.
