80-year-old woman killed in Israeli air strike on south Lebanon

An 80-year-old woman has been killed in an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the country’s state-run media.

The woman’s granddaughter was also wounded in the attack. 

“Enemy aircraft raided inhabited houses in Kfar Kila, leading to the death of citizen Laiqa Sarhan, 80, and the wounding of her granddaughter,” the official National News Agency said.

The death marks the 11th civilian casualty in Lebanon since the start of the war on 7 October.

Earlier this month, the leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, warned that if Israel conducts any major operation against Lebanon, they “would be committing the biggest foolishness in your history and the history of your presence”.

He added that if Israel continues targeting civilians in Lebanon, “then we will go back to ‘a civilian for a civilian’.”