Israel Conducts Airstrikes: 'We Could Send Lebanon Back to the Stone Age"
World | June 27, 2024, Thursday // 10:00| viewsIsrael conducted airstrikes in southern Syria and Lebanon last night, resulting in casualties. According to local media reports cited by Reuters, two people were killed in a Syrian area. Additionally, one Syrian serviceman was wounded, and five others were injured in Lebanon.
The Israeli airstrike in Lebanon destroyed a residential building in the "Al Masha'a" district of Nabatieh, a city in the southern part of the country. A local news agency, reported that the attack also damaged dozens of homes and cars.
According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, an Israeli warplane fired two air-to-ground missiles at a two-story building in Al Mashaa. The attack led to the destruction of at least ten homes and damage to another thirty-five.
In Washington, Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant commented on the situation, asserting that the Israeli army could "send Lebanon back to the Stone Age" in a potential conflict with the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. However, he stressed that his government prefers a diplomatic solution.
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