Key facts
- An Israeli air strike destroyed a three-storey residential building in Kfar Roummane, southern Lebanon, killing 12 members of the Farhat family, including six children.
- A separate strike on a vehicle carrying paramedics killed one and injured two.
- Lebanon's Health Ministry called the strikes a "grave violation of international law."
- The Israeli military stated it struck Hezbollah infrastructure and operatives transferring weapons.
- The Israeli military claimed it was retaliating for two explosive drones launched by Hezbollah towards Israeli troops.
An Israeli air strike on a residential building in Kfar Roummane, southern Lebanon, killed at least 12 people, including six children and four women, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The strike, which occurred overnight, destroyed the three-storey home of the Farhat family.
A second strike hit a vehicle carrying paramedics, killing one and injuring two. Lebanon's Health Ministry described the attacks as a "grave violation of international law."
The Israeli military stated it struck "several Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites" and "several terrorists" transferring weapons in retaliation for two explosive drones launched by Hezbollah towards Israeli troops in the Ali al-Taher ridge area. The military added that a claim of uninvolved individuals being harmed was being reviewed.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called the "dangerous escalation" a threat to the US-brokered ceasefire and urged international pressure on Israel to halt the attacks. Residents have been fleeing southern Lebanon amid intensified Israeli strikes.