At least five people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Qana in southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA). Civil Defense workers were reported to be rescuing the injured and transporting them to a hospital in the nearby city of Tyre. Al Jazeera reported that simultaneous strikes also hit other parts of Tyre district, injuring at least three more people in the Ma’raka area.

Qana has a tragic history of Israeli attacks, with deadly incidents in 1996 and 2006 still remembered by residents. The latest assault has revived memories of those earlier tragedies and heightened tensions across southern Lebanon, according to local sources.

The escalation in violence has raised concerns about further instability in the region, though no official statements on next steps were reported in the source.