Death toll from Israeli attack on southern Beirut rises to seven

Aug. 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The death toll from Tuesday’s attack by Israeli forces on the Haret Hreik neighborhood in southern Beirut, the Lebanese capital, has risen to seven, the country’s health ministry said.

Preliminary reports suggest that at least two minors were among the victims, a six-year-old girl and a ten-year-old man. Israeli authorities have also said that the main target of the attack was the military chief of the Shiite militia party Hezbollah, Fuad Sukr, whom they say they have neutralised.

The group itself has said that Sukr was in the building at the time of the attack, but has not provided further details. Lebanese authorities have so far confirmed the deaths of four people.

Israeli forces accused Sukr of being behind the attack on the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, which left 12 children and teenagers dead.