On Wednesday, Israeli airstrikes pounded the southern Lebanese town of Qana, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens more.
The Israeli strikes on Qana flattened multiple buildings, and rescuers are still digging through the rubble, meaning the death could rise.
Israel claimed that it targeted Jalal Mustafa Hariri, who it described as a Hezbollah commander in charge of the Qana area, but there’s been no confirmation from Hezbollah that he was killed.
Israel has a history of massacring civilians in Qana, including in 1996, when Israel shelled a UN compound that was sheltering around 800 civilians. The Israeli attack killed 106 civilians and wounded many more.
During the 2006 war, Israeli strikes on a residential building in Qana killed nearly three dozen people, a third of them children. “Qana always gets its share,” Mayor Mohammed Krasht told The Associated Press.
The breakdown of the casualties is unclear at this time, but Israeli strikes on Lebanon over the past month have killed many civilians. Over 100 Lebanese children were killed in just 11 days of Israeli strikes on Lebanon starting on September 23.
