BEIRUT: Four relatives of a reporter were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, the official Lebanese news agency reported. The news agency said that the reporter was also injured in the strike in Southern Lebanon.
The border area between the two Lebanon and Israel has seen regular exchanges of firing, in particular between Israel and Hezbollah, since the start of war in Gaza. Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the four victims are the sister of journalist Samir Ayoub and her three grandchildren.
Israeli Attack Kills Journalist’s Relatives
Samir Ayoub later appeared on a local TV, wearing a bloodstained shirt, and described pulling his niece from the vehicle, the only survivor of the 5 people inside the car.
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Lebanese PM Najib Mikati condemned the attack as an “abhorrent crime committed by the Israeli enemy,” and adding the vehicle had been targeted by drones. Shortly after the attack, Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it fired Katyusha rockets at Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona in reply to this “heinous crime.”
