10 killed, 15 injured in Israeli airstrike on S. Lebanon: ministry

BEIRUT, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — At least 10 people were killed, and 15 others wounded on Tuesday night in a violent Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.
TV footage showed that the airstrike, targeting residential buildings in the town of Qana, 10 km southeast of the city of Tyre, caused a massive fire and destroyed the buildings and nearby vehicles.
According to the National News Agency, civil defense teams and firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire and transport the casualties to hospitals in Tyre.
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been conducting an unprecedented, intensive airstrikes on Lebanon in a sharp escalation with Hezbollah.
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, has reached 2,350, while injuries went up to 10,906, Health Ministry figures showed on Tuesday. ■