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Monday, August 19, 2024
8 said wounded in Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah weapons depot in Lebanon
Following Israeli airstrikes on a Hezbollah weapons depot in northern Lebanon, two security sources tell Reuters that nobody was killed in the incident.
According to the Lebanon health ministry, eight people were injured, including six Lebanese citizens and two Syrian children.
Following the depot strike, the Lebanese Agricultural Scientific Research Authority says it will close its research stations in the Beqaa region as a precaution because unexploded missiles landed nearby.