News - 3 killed, 17 wounded in Israel airstrikes in southern Lebanon

Three people were killed and 17 were injured as a result of Israeli airstrikes near the city of Tyre in southern of Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. In turn, the Israeli army announced that it struck an infrastructure of the Hezbollah movement on the Syrian-Lebanese border, which is allegedly used in order to transport weapons from Syria. Lebanese Caretaker Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh told Reuters the Israeli airstrike hit the Syrian section of a small bridge that provides access to Lebanon. More than 22,000 people have crossed the Syrian border due to the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, according to security sources in Syria, AFP reports.