Lebanon: One killed in Israeli airstrike on Burj al-Muluk
Amir Haggag
The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced today, Saturday, that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Burj al-Muluk in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon.
The Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations Center explained in a statement carried by the National News Agency in Lebanon that an Israeli airstrike on a car in Burj al-Muluk resulted in the death of a citizen.
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