Lebanon’s caretaker PM Mikati condemns attack on provincial capital, says it “intentionally targeted a meeting of the municipal council to discuss the city’s service and relief situation”.

The mayor of a major town in south Lebanon was among 16 people killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed its municipal headquarters in the biggest attack on an official Lebanese state building since the Israeli air campaign began.

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

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

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

Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday, killing a city mayor, toppling buildings and causing widespread destruction in several southern areas.

The strike, in the south of Lebanon, killed at least 16 people, Lebanese officials said. Israel, which also struck near Beirut, said it was targeting Hezbollah militants.

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.

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