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Lebanese PM condemns Israeli strike for ‘deliberately’ targeting municipal council meeting
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati gives an interview with AFP at the government palace in Beirut on October 15, 2024. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
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.
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