Deadly Israeli strikes kill nine in southern Lebanon as tensions escalate

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Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says civilians killed in the town of Ansar were 'not military infrastructure' At least nine people were killed and more than a dozen wounded after Israeli air strikes hit several towns and villages in southern Lebanon early Saturday, state media reported. Lebanon's National News Agency reported that an Israeli strike hit a house on the outskirts of Ansar in the Nabatieh district, killing seven people and wounding others. Another strike in Deir al-Zahrani killed at leas