An Israeli strike hit a car in the centre of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Wednesday, state media reported, as Israel persisted with its attacks across the country’s south.
SIDON: An Israeli strike hit a car in the centre of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Wednesday, state media reported, as Israel persisted with its attacks across the country’s south.
An AFP correspondent heard an explosion in the area before seeing a car burning as rescuers and firefighters headed to the scene.
The correspondent saw rescuers pull two people from the targeted vehicle.
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported “an enemy strike on a car” in the city.
The largest city in southern Lebanon, Sidon was relatively spared from the major Israeli strikes that have pummelled much of the country’s south and east since the Iran-backed Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on March 2.
The city, home to the largest Palestinian camp in the country, also shelters a large number of people displaced by the current war.
The last time it was targeted was on May 28, when an Israeli strike on a building killed five people according to the Lebanese health ministry.
