Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Israeli airstrikes Wednesday hit the Nabatieh, Lebanon municipal building during a crisis meeting, killing at least six people, including the mayor.

Sixteen people are dead following air strikes on municipal buildings in the city of Nabatieh.

BEIRUT: An Israeli air strike destroyed the municipal headquarters in a major town in south Lebanon on Wednesday (Oct 16), killing 16 people including the mayor, in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state building since the Israeli air campaign began. Lebanese officials denounced the attack, whi

The attacks on Nabatiyeh city and its surroundings created ‘a kind of belt of fire’ in the area, the local official said.

Beirut hit despite PM receiving assurances from US that attacks on capital will ease

Lebanon's health ministry on Wednesday said 16 people were killed and 52 others wounded in Israeli strikes on municipal buildings in the southern city of Nabatiyeh, revising upwards an earlier toll.