Mourners gather in Beirut for burial of two civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes

(6 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon - 6 May 2024
1. Mourners carrying the coffins of Ahmad Haniki and Fadi Haniki, two Lebanese civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Sunday over the southern town of Mays al-Jabal
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdelmoneim Chukair, municipality chief of Mays al-Jabal:
“The aim of this heinous crime against children, women, and elderly is killing innocents in cold blood while they are in their homes. We say to this Israeli enemy that we are not surprised by what you have done because you are and always will be a terrorist entity that is is based on killing, destruction, and terrorising people.”
3. Women weeping
4. Various of mourners carrying the coffins chanting slogans “Death to America, death to Israel”


STORYLINE:
Mourners gathered in Beirut on Monday to attend the burial of two civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.

Ahmad Haniki, 17, and Fadi Haniki, 60, were among four civilians from the same family that died in Israeli strikes on the town of Mays al-Jabal on Sunday.

The two other family members were buried earlier on Monday in southern Lebanon.

Seven others were wounded, Lebanese state media reported.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported on Sunday that the strike took place “while a number of the town’s residents were inspecting their homes and shops and the damage they sustained” in previous strikes.

The Israeli military said its jet targeted military infrastructure in the southern Lebanese town belonging to the Hezbollah militant group, which has clashed with Israeli troops since Oct.8.

Hezbollah on Sunday said it conducted at least 10 attacks targeting Israeli military positions and surveillance gear near the tense Lebanon-Israel border, while the Israeli military said it identified some 40 missiles that crossed into Israeli territory but did not cause any casualties.

Israeli strikes have killed more than 350 people in Lebanon, most of them fighters with Hezbollah and allied groups but also including more than 50 civilians.

In Israel, strikes from Lebanon have killed at least 10 civilians and 12 soldiers.

AP video by Fadi Tawil, produced by Kareen Chehayeb

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