BEIRUT: Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday that seven people, including two children, were killed in Israeli strikes on the southern city of Tyre a day earlier, with rescuers still searching for missing people under the rubble. "Israeli enemy strikes on the city of Tyre killed seven people, including two girls, and injured 46 others," the ministry said, adding that body parts had been found and would be "identified with DNA testing". It added that rubble was being cleared following the strikes as part of ongoing efforts to locate missing persons. The ministry had reported a toll of three killed and 30 injured in the strikes. Photos showed rescuers carrying bodies on stretchers amid the wreckage.
Earlier on Saturday, Lebanon's official National News Agency had said the deadly strikes targeted three buildings in the coastal city, causing "massive damage to dozens of homes". More than 3,110 people have been killed in Lebanon since the cross-border exchanges began, according to the Lebanese health ministry. — AFP
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