5 killed in deadly attack in Lebanon

International Desk: Israel launched a deadly attack on Lebanon. At least five people, including a pregnant woman, were killed. Among the dead are four members of the same family. Apart from this, 9 other people were injured in the attack. Al Jazeera news. At least five people were killed and nine others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in southern Lebanon, a report said on Sunday. Lebanon's official National News Agency reported that four members of the same family were killed in the attack on a house in Khirbet Salem area. The dead included a couple and their two children and another person.

The deceased mother was pregnant. It also said that the house was destroyed and at least nine other people living nearby were injured in the barbaric attack. The border war between Israel and Hezbollah has gradually escalated since October last year and has killed dozens of civilians in Lebanon. Meanwhile, 3 more fighters of Lebanon's Iran-backed powerful armed group Hezbollah were killed in the fighting with Israel. Al Jazeera reported that after announcing the death of three fighters in fighting with Israel last Friday, Hezbollah has now confirmed the death of three more, who appear to be members of the same family. The powerful armed group said Hassan Jafar Marji, born 1996, Ali Jafar Marji, born 1993, and Jafar Ali Marji, born 1968, were killed by the Israeli army. All of them were residents of the city of Blida in southern Lebanon.

The latest casualties brought the death toll of Hezbollah members to 239 in cross-border clashes with the Israeli military. In addition, Hezbollah also claimed to carry out nine attacks on different Israeli positions on Saturday. It should be noted that the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has been attacking Israel since last October in retaliation for the Israeli attack on Gaza. More than 200 fighters of this powerful Iran-backed group have been killed in cross-border clashes with the Israeli military. In addition, about 50 civilians were killed in Lebanon by the Israeli attack. And Hezbollah's attack killed more than a dozen members of the Israeli military and five civilians. Millions of residents of villages along the Israel-Lebanon border have fled their homes in months of counter-attacks. Like the Palestinian independence group Hamas, Hezbollah is an ally of Iran. The group said they were attacking Israel in retaliation for Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip and in support of the Palestinians.