Lebanese PM condemns Israeli strike for 'deliberately' targeting municipal council meeting

Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemns deadly Israeli strikes earlier today on the southern city of Nabatiyeh, saying they intentionally targeted a municipality meeting.

Mikati “condemned the new Israeli aggression against civilians in the city of Nabatiyeh, which deliberately targeted a meeting of the municipal council that was discussing the city’s services and relief situation,” he says in a statement. A local official said the city mayor was among the dead.

The IDF says the strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons stashes and command centers which the group embedded in civilian structures.