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Four US citizens, including three children, were among five people killed Sunday by an Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon, according to the Lebanese government.

Israel’s military said it had “struck and eliminated” a Hezbollah operator in the southern town of Bint Jbeil, but acknowledged that “several uninvolved civilians” were also killed in the strike.

“The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and operates to minimize harm as much as possible. The incident is under review,” it said in a statement.

Among those killed were a father and three of his children, who were US citizens, according to Lebanon’s Speaker of the Parliament, Nabih Berri, in a statement mourning their deaths.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji said the mother of the American family was injured in the Israeli attack and is in a critical condition.

CNN has approached the US State Department for comment.

Lebanese state-run NNA news reported that a drone had fired two missiles at a motorcycle and a Mercedes car. In the car, the father and his children were killed. The motorcyclist, the apparent target of the strike, was also killed.

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam described the attack as a “massacre” against civilians, adding that the Israeli strike constituted a “message of intimidation targeting our people returning to their villages in the south.”

He urged the international community to condemn Israel “in the strongest terms for its repeated violations of international resolutions and international law.”

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it was “shocked and outraged by the killing of three children from the same family in an airstrike in South Lebanon,” in a post on X on Sunday.

“Attacks on children are unconscionable,” UNICEF added.

“No child should ever pay the price of conflict with their life. Hostilities must cease immediately to ensure the protection of every child,” it said.

Israel has continued to carry out strikes in Lebanon despite the US-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in November last year.

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun, who’s in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, said Israel is “persisting in its continuous violations of international resolutions, foremost among them the ceasefire agreement,” in reaction to the attack.

“From New York, we appeal to the international community, whose leaders are present in the halls of the United Nations, to make every effort to put an end to the violations of international resolutions,” Aoun said in a statement on Sunday. “There can be no peace over the blood of our children,” he added.

Sunday’s attack comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s earlier remarks in a cabinet meeting regarding Israel’s “victories in Lebanon against Hezbollah” that have allowed for peace talks with its northern neighbor, Syria.

malali:
Source:https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/21/middleeast/israeli-strike-lebanon-us-citizens-killed-latam-intl

Bimpe29:
An unfortunate case of the one throwing stone from his glass house.

GiftofGod77:
It's really unfortunate the number of lives caught in the one of fire between the parties involved and this is to show that peace is the only means to end all of this.

themosthigh:
one reason I know that many Nigerians are very very wicked even when they call themselves Christians is the way many of them are supporting these massacres. They will condemn boko haram for killing, but if the killers are from Isreal, there people support them whole heartedly and even pray for them. If you think you will make heaven when you die despite being unjust, not that the gates of hell will prevail against you. That is one thing I can guarantee to all evil people

NaijaGoBetter2:
I don't even know what to say because many Americans never support Israel on while many support them. Let's wait for Mr Trump to debunk this because he's one of those that support them.
Israel is only attacking weak and harmless Muslim nations if not why do they stop their attack on Iran? Even when we all know they have link history with Terrorists more than any other Islamic states in that region. But Qatar a peaceful state can be attacked

ZombieDredd:
Israel needs to back off from these incessant killings.

It's becoming too much and reckless, intentionally targeting vulnerable people is not the way to go.

malali:
Despite a negotiated ceasefire in Lebanon, they continue killing civilians, including children and American citizens.

This represents unprecedented terrorism on a global scale. Targeting and killing Americans is an absolute red line, no matter where it happens.

Yet, every day, it seems Trump allows it to continue, raising suspicions that Epstein-related blackmail may be influencing the POTUS.

CoronaVirusPro:
Nothing is going to happen!

Even when Israel sunk USS Liberty that killed 34, nothing happened.

That’s the only state allowed to kill Americans without repercussions.

malali:
The United Kingdom will not tolerate their citizens being killed.

jaxxy:
Lebanon government should work with Israel to flush out terrorists harbouring their state.

BodyCount:
Dogs have eaten dogs


The world is definitely a better place within terrorists.

One day Palestinians will seek vengeance too

malali:
They won’t back down until they are confronted by a power strong enough to stop them, in this case, Iran. Like a playground bully, Israel keeps pushing until someone bigger forces them to face consequences. Their actions only reinforce Middle East fears: Israel’s behavior makes it difficult to trust them in regional diplomacy or security matters.

tpain121:
you wish !😁 how Iran wan take stop them ?
The same Iran that are still in shock, still licking their wounds and have started minding their business?
Do you hear them make noise again?

themosthigh:
one reason I know that many Nigerians are very very wicked even when they call themselves Christians is the way many of them are supporting these massacres. They will condemn boko haram for killing, but if the killers are from Isreal, there people support them whole heartedly and even pray for them. If you think you will make heaven when you die despite being unjust, not that the gates of hell will prevail against you. That is one thing I can guarantee to all evil people

themosthigh:
one reason I know that many Nigerians are very very wicked even when they call themselves Christians is the way many of them are supporting these massacres. They will condemn boko haram for killing, but if the killers are from Isreal, there people support them whole heartedly and even pray for them. If you think you will make heaven when you die despite being unjust, not that the gates of hell will prevail against you. That is one thing I can guarantee to all evil people

tpain121:
you wish !

😁 how Iran wan take stop them ?

The same Iran that are still in shock, still licking their wounds and have started minding their business?

Do you hear them make noise again?

malali:
They won’t back down until they are confronted by a power strong enough to stop them, in this case, Iran. Like a playground bully, Israel keeps pushing until someone bigger forces them to face consequences. Their actions only reinforce Middle East fears: Israel’s behavior makes it difficult to trust them in regional diplomacy or security matters.

NaijaGoBetter2:
I don't even know what to say because many Americans never support Israel on while many support them. Let's wait for Mr Trump to debunk this because he's one of those that support them.
Israel is only attacking weak and harmless Muslim nations if not why do they stop their attack on Iran? Even when we all know they have link history with Terrorists more than any other Islamic states in that region. But Qatar a peaceful state can be attacked