Israeli airstrike demolished a two-story house belonging to the Qashaqash family, killing a woman and her niece and leaving six others wounded in Hanin town south Lebanon, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday.
The casualties included 11-year-old Sarah Qashaqash and her aunt Maryam Qashaqash.
Emergency response teams sprang into action, working to locate survivors buried beneath the rubble.المنزل المستهدف في بلدة #حانين#ملحق pic.twitter.com/3ZXN4hEF3K
— Mulhak ملحق (@Mulhak) April 23, 2024
Six wounded victims were rescued and rushed to the Martyr Salah Ghandour Hospital in Bint Jbeil.
The Lebanese Islamic Resistance Hezbollah condemned the attack, vowing to respond to the 'heinous crime' perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces.— Mahassen Moursel (@MMoursel) April 23, 2024
The strike in Hanin comes after a previous Israeli aggression on Hebbariyeh, which targeted paramedics and killed seven, according to reports.الش.
hيدة الحاجة مريم قشاقش التي ارتقت في الغارة الإسرائيلية على منزل في بلدة حانين pic.twitter.com/9zwbqxlgKb
— bintjbeil.org (@bintjbeilnews) April 23, 2024
The latest aggression joins a series of Israeli airstrikes that have targeted civilians in Lebanon, adding to the toll of innocent lives lost in the ongoing Israeli aggression