Israeli strike killed 23 Syrian workers, says Lebanese state media

Smoke rises from an Israeli air strike north of Beirut, in the village of Ras Osta, Byblos district, seen from Maaysrah, Lebanon (Bilal Hussein/AP)

An Israeli air strike in Lebanon has hit a building that housed Syrian workers, killing 23 of them and wounding eight other people, Lebanon’s state-run news agency said.

The National News Agency said the strike late on Wednesday occurred near the ancient city of Baalbek, in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley running along the Syrian border.