18 killed in Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon

Eighteen people were killed and five injured in an Israeli raid on Zaarta region in northern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. It said Israeli aircraft struck a house in the town of Aito in Zgharta district, and one person was injured in an Israeli airstrike on Ras Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley. A Lebanese source said a Red Cross aid convoy was heading to Ras Baalbek when Israeli jets struck, damaging a truck and wounding the driver. Israeli aircraft also carried out raids on the towns of Al-Ain in the northern Bekaa, and Kfar Kila, Khiyam, Yater and the area between the towns of Al-Housh, Burj Al-Shamali and Batoulieh in Southern Lebanon, and also overflew Beirut and the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, added the source. Source: Jordan News Agency