{"id":3232,"date":"2024-10-16T11:58:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T11:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2024-10-17T00:59:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T00:59:05","slug":"israeli-strike-on-lebanon-kills-entire-family-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bnchmrk.me\/index.php\/2024\/10\/16\/israeli-strike-on-lebanon-kills-entire-family-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strike on Lebanon kills entire family \u2013 media"},"content":{"rendered":"
An attack on an apartment block in the north of the country on Monday reportedly claimed 23 lives, with six more injured<\/strong><\/p>\n An Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon on Monday killed 23 members of the same family, with six more people sustaining severe injuries, several media outlets have reported. The attack hit a small apartment building in the village of Aito, located in a predominantly Christian region, away from the Hezbollah militant group\u2019s main strongholds.<\/p>\n The Israel Defense Forces launched a ground operation in the neighboring country late last month. The UN high commissioner for refugees estimated that more than 2,200 people had been killed in Lebanon since October 2023, when cross-border attacks by both Israel and Hezbollah escalated after the start of the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n According to the authorities in Beirut, some 1.2 million people have now been displaced across Lebanon.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, Lebanon\u2019s state-run National News Agency reported that 23 refugees from the south of the country had perished as a result of the Israeli strike on the village of Aito the day prior.<\/p>\n PBS\u2019 special correspondent in the Middle East, Leila Molana-Allen, claimed that all 23 victims were members of the same family, with six more surviving the strike but remaining in critical condition. \u201cNearly an entire family line <\/em>[was] wiped out in a moment,\u201d<\/em> she alleged, noting that the family had fled to northern Lebanon after their Shiite village in the south \u201cwas relentlessly bombarded\u201d<\/em> by Israeli forces.<\/p>\n \n Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n