This photo taken from Kibbutz Malkia in northern Israel bordering Lebanon shows smoke billowing above the southeast Lebanese village of Mays al-Jabal during an Israeli bombardment on May 5, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
BEIRUT, May 5 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the southeast village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.
The military sources, who spoke anonymously, said that the missile attack by an Israeli warplane destroyed a house in Mays al-Jabal, killed four people of the same family, and wounded three others, including a member of the Lebanese Civil Defense team.
According to the sources, the casualties were transported to Salah Ghandour Hospital in the city of Bint Jbeil in the central sector of the border region.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah said its fighters targeted the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona with dozens of rockets in retaliation to Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon without specifying the casualties.
A Lebanese military source told Xinhua that about 20 surface-to-surface missiles were launched from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel, some of which were intercepted by Israeli Iron Dome missiles.
Tensions along the Lebanon-Israel border escalated on Oct. 8, 2023, following a barrage of rockets launched by Hezbollah toward Israel in solidarity with Hamas' attack on Israel the day before. Israel then retaliated by firing heavy artillery toward southeastern Lebanon.
The confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have killed 449 people on the Lebanese side, including 283 Hezbollah members and 84 civilians, according to Lebanese security sources. ■
This photo taken from Kibbutz Malkia in northern Israel bordering Lebanon shows smoke billowing above the southeast Lebanese village of Mays al-Jabal during an Israeli bombardment on May 5, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/JINI via Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 6, 2024 shows a building destroyed during an Israeli strike in Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon. Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the southeast village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 6, 2024 shows a building destroyed during an Israeli strike in Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon. Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the southeast village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
A soldier checks buildings destroyed during an Israeli strike in Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon, on May 6, 2024. Four people were killed and three others were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on the southeast village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua. (Photo by Ali Hashisho/Xinhua)
