Lebanon’s health ministry has said that at least eight people were killed and 25 others wounded in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Sidon, where an AFP correspondent has said a building was targeted.

The strike hit a densely-populated area in a Sidon suburb that saw an influx of families displaced from areas further south.

It was the first strike there since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict erupted last month. “The Israeli enemy’s raid on Haret Saida resulted in a … toll of eight killed,” the health ministry said, revising an earlier toll of two dead.

The official National News Agency said a child was among the victims.

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