Israel struck dozens of south Lebanon villages and towns overnight and targeted Nabatiyeh city for a third time this week, Lebanese state media have said, reports AFP.

“Warplanes struck… the city of Nabatiyeh seven times” including on an inhabited building, with rescuers still looking for survivors under the rubble, the official National News Agency said.

It added that Israeli jets “conducted strikes” on more than 50 towns and villages including the border villages of Kfarshuba, Bint Jbeil and Khiam which have seen heavy fighting, reporting casualties.

Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 20, amid the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. — AFP
Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on October 20, amid the ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel. — AFP

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