Israeli airstrike destroys mosque in Southern Lebanon

Lebanese official media reports that an Israeli airstrike destroyed a mosque in Southern Lebanon on Sunday.

The attack targeted the old mosque in Kfar Tibnit village.

According to the National News Agency, the airstrike occurred at 3:45 am, completely demolishing the mosque.

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This incident is the latest in Israel’s intensified bombardment campaign on Lebanon in recent weeks.

Earlier on Saturday, Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes on two villages, one north of Beirut and another to the south, killed at least nine people, as state media reported further strikes elsewhere.

An “Israeli enemy strike on Maaysra,” a Shia Muslim majority village in a mostly Christian mountain area north of Beirut, killed “five people and wounded 14 others,” the ministry said in a statement.

In another statement, the ministry said that “four people were killed and 14 others wounded” in an “Israeli enemy strike” on Barja in the Shouf district south of the capital.