Mayor and five others killed as Israeli strike hits municipal building in Lebanon
A man walks amid destroyed buildings at a commercial street that hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes in Nabatiyeh town. Picture: AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari
An Israeli air strike on Wednesday on the municipal building in Nabatieh, a major town in southern Lebanon, which serves as a provincial capital, killed the mayor Ahmed Kahil and at least five others, two security sources said.
The strike came despite US concerns about rising death tolls and fears of all-out war in the region as Israel battles Iran-backed Hezbollah in south Lebanon and in the capital Beirut and the Palestinian militants Hamas in Gaza.
