STORY: 6 killed, 43 injured in Israeli airstrike on municipal building in S. Lebanon
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 16, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2024
LENGTH: 00:03:43
LOCATION: Beirut
CATEGORY: MILITARY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of smoke resulting from heavy Israeli strikes on the southern city of Nabatieh
2. various of Civil Defense workers trying to remove rubble of Nabatieh Municipality buildings
3. various of Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati presiding a meeting with the Medical Equipment Importers Syndicate
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YOUSSEF BAKHACK, President of the Doctors Syndicate
5. smoke resulting from an Israeli strike on the outskirts of the southern coastal city of Tyre

STORYLINE:

Six people, including the mayor, were killed, and 43 others wounded on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike targeting the buildings of the Nabatieh Municipality in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese medical and military sources.
   
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that an Israeli warplane fired four air-to-ground missiles at the Nabatieh Municipality building and the building of the Union of Municipalities, killing the mayor, Ahmad Kahil, and a number of municipality members, injuring several others, and destroying the infrastructure.
   
The Civil Defense teams, the Lebanese Red Cross, and the Islamic Health Authority are working to remove the rubble of the two buildings and search for missing persons, the sources said.
   
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the attack, saying it deliberately targeted a meeting of the municipal council discussing the city's service and relief situation.
   
The new "aggression" conveys the message that "the international community should act immediately instead of remaining silent about Israeli crimes," Mikati said.
   
SOUNDBITE (Arabic): YOUSSEF BAKHACK, President of the Doctors Syndicate
"We met today caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and discussed with him three subjects. 
The first is related to the healthcare sector. Since Sept. 17, it has received and treated more than 11 thousands of injured people. But all of us have the support from other concerned sectors. Since we have already been facing many issues, we could continue taking care of the Lebanese amid the continuing Israeli aggression, despite that the number of injured is growing by the minute. 
The second is related to the injured themselves. There are more than 11 thousands of injured Lebanese. We as doctors, and hospitals were able to treat their wounds, but they need continued care. They need treatments, restructuring surgeries, and physical and psychological rehabilitation. So we presented as the concerned syndicate the suggestions to the Prime Minister on how we can stand next to the injured who need a long path of recovery?"

Meanwhile, Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants announced on Wednesday that it had filed a new complaint with the UN Security Council regarding the Israeli attacks on Lebanon during the period Oct. 3-14.
   
This is part of the periodic complaints submitted by the ministry through the Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the UN headquarters in New York to document the Israeli offensive and pressure the international community and the Security Council to act to stop it.
   
Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been conducting intensive airstrikes on Lebanon in a sharp escalation with Hezbollah.
   
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023 has reached 2,350, while injuries went up to 10,906, Health Ministry figures showed on Tuesday.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beirut.
(XHTV)