An Israeli strike on the Christian-majority village of Qlayaa in southern Lebanon killed a priest and wounded at least five people on Monday afternoon.
Israel said it had struck a “Hezbollah cell” in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, without naming the location. Joseph Salame, a representative for Qlayaa, told The National the victim was Father Pierre Rahi.
It is the first time a Christian religious figure has been killed in the current war, as Israeli strikes have mostly targeted Shiite-majority areas. Mr Rahi was a member of St George Church in Qlayaa.
In a message from its Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army sa
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