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Five killed in Israeli strike on residential building in Lebanon, including children

An Israeli attack on a residential building in southern Lebanon on Saturday killed five people, including children, and wounded several others, Lebanese state media reports.

The building was located in the town of Sir al-Gharbiya in the Nabatieh district.

This follows reports of 10 were killed in Lebanon and 25 medical workers injured in a hospital attack during Israel’s latest bombardment of the region.

Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment on the village of Jibshit in southern Lebanon on 23 May 2026 (Abbas Fakih/AFP)