10 Killed in Israeli Strike in Lebanon's Nabatieh

Smoke rises from villages near the border in south Lebanon after Israeli shelling (AFP)
Smoke rises from villages near the border in south Lebanon after Israeli shelling (AFP)
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10 Killed in Israeli Strike in Lebanon's Nabatieh

Smoke rises from villages near the border in south Lebanon after Israeli shelling (AFP)
Smoke rises from villages near the border in south Lebanon after Israeli shelling (AFP)

Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh in south Lebanon, state news agency NNA said on Saturday.
The victims were all Syrian citizens, NNA said, adding that a final toll of the strike would be announced after DNA tests were conducted to determine the identity of the victims.

The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah later said in a statement that it had struck the Ayelet Hashahar Kibbutz in northern Israel in retaliation for the Nabatieh strike.
Two soldiers were wounded in a rocket attack from Lebanon, the Israeli military said, adding that a total of 55 rockets had been fired in latest strikes from Lebanon.
Also on Saturday, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the Qadmous area east of Tyre in south Lebanon, NNA reported, adding that one person was injured. A security source said one person was killed in the motorcycle attack.

Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that Israel blamed on Hezbollah. Israel responded with the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in the suburbs of Beirut.

Hezbollah has also vowed to retaliate against Israel, as has Iran, for the killing in Tehran of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.



Suicide Bombing Leaves Soldiers Dead, Injured in Southern Yemen

Yemeni soldiers are seen during a campaign against al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan. Reuters file photo
Yemeni soldiers are seen during a campaign against al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan. Reuters file photo
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Suicide Bombing Leaves Soldiers Dead, Injured in Southern Yemen

Yemeni soldiers are seen during a campaign against al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan. Reuters file photo
Yemeni soldiers are seen during a campaign against al-Qaeda in the southern province of Abyan. Reuters file photo

A suicide bomber killed 16 Yemeni soldiers and wounded at least 16 other troops in a military post in the southern province of Abyan on Friday, authorities said.

The attacker "drove a booby-trapped car into a site for the security forces,” in the Mudiyah district, Mohamed al-Naqib, a spokesperson for the Southern Transitional Council, said.

No group immediately claimed responsibility, but militants linked to Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) have stepped up attacks on military facilities in Yemen.