11 killed, 17 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon

BEIRUT, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Eleven people were killed and 17 others injured Sunday evening in Israeli airstrikes targeting different areas in Lebanon, according to Lebanese official and military sources.

According to the Ministry of Health, six people were killed and 13 others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the village of Kayfoun in Aley district, Mount Lebanon Governorate.

Another Israeli airstrike killed five people and injured four others when an Israeli drone launched an air-to-ground missile on a motorcycle traveling at the northern entrance to the town of Marjeyoun, east of southern Lebanon.

"An Israeli air strike destroyed a mosque in the village of Yaroun in the central sector of the border area this afternoon," according to the military sources, who required anonymity.

The Israeli army has been carrying out extensive operations in Lebanese territory intending to diminish Hezbollah's military capabilities and facilitate the return of Israelis to the northern region of the country along the border with Lebanon.

Since Oct. 8, 2023, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging fire across the Lebanese-Israeli border. ■