Further confirmation of 7 killed in Israeli attack on south Lebanon ‘emergency centre’
Corroborating reports from earlier, an official with the Lebanese political and armed group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya has told the AFP news agency that seven people were killed in an Israeli strike on an emergency response centre in southern Lebanon’s al-Habbariyeh area.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “seven rescuers” were killed in the strike, which the Jamaa Islamiya’s emergency response group described as a “heinous crime”. Twelve rescue workers were in the emergency centre when it was attacked, AFP said, quoting a second official with the group.
Victims of the attack are being removed from the rubble, the official told AFP. The Reuters news agency earlier quoted two unnamed security officials who reported the deaths of seven people in an Israeli attack.
Israel’s military said late on Tuesday that it had launched attacks “deep in Lebanon”.
Israeli military confirms attack on al-Jamaa al-Islamiya target in southern Lebanon
Israel said its warplanes attacked a site in southern Lebanon where a “central terrorist” associated with the Lebanese political and armed group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya was located, along with “other terrorists” who were in the building.
The target of the Israeli air strike had “promoted plots towards Israeli territory” and was “eliminated”, the military said in a post on social media.
News agencies reported earlier on Wednesday that seven people were killed in an Israeli attack on an emergency response centre run by al-Jamaa al-Islamiya in southern Lebanon’s al-Habbariyeh area. The emergency responder group described the attack as a “heinous crime”, the AFP news agency reports.
Twelve rescue workers were in the emergency response centre when it was attacked, AFP said.
Hezbollah threatens to respond to Israeli attack on ’emergency centre’
Hezbollah has promised to retaliate to an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon that killed at least seven people.
“We affirm categorically and inevitably that this aggression will not pass without response and punishment,” said Hezbollah, according to Lebanon’s an-Nahar media. The Israeli attack in southern Lebanon’s al-Habbariyeh area killed seven rescuers in an “emergency centre”, according to an official with Lebanese political and armed group al-Jamaa al-Islamiya.
Israel claimed the strike killed a “central terrorist” associated with al-Jamaa al-Islamiya who was in the building.
