Key facts
- A newlywed woman was killed in an Israeli air strike on Arab Salim, southern Lebanon.
- Several people were injured in the same strike.
- In a separate incident, an Israeli airstrike in Tyre killed a family of five.
- The victims in Tyre included a retired Lebanese army officer, his wife, and their three daughters.
- The Israeli military claimed it targeted a Hezbollah site used for rocket launchers and missiles.
An Israeli air strike on the town of Arab Salim in southern Lebanon on Thursday resulted in the death of a newlywed woman and injuries to several others, according to Lebanon's National News Agency.
In a separate incident, an Israeli airstrike in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed an entire family of five. The victims were identified as Ahmed Gharib, a retired Lebanese army officer, his wife Hanan, and their three daughters. Reda Gharib, their son living in Senegal, stated that the family's apartment was directly hit, leaving them no time to evacuate. He noted that the family WhatsApp group had been active with messages about explosions in their neighborhood before the chat fell silent.