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news Scmp World 2026-04-12

Israeli bombardment kills Lebanese infant during family funeral

An Israeli strike in south Lebanon killed an infant sister of a seven-year-old girl who barely survived a previous attack. The strike targeted the Saeed family home while relatives were gathered for a funeral.


Wrapped in bloodied bandages, seven-year-old Aline Saeed barely survived the Israeli strike on her home in south Lebanon last week. She was there to bury her father as hopes of a truce spread across the region, but a new strike killed her infant sister and other relatives. The strike on the Saeed family home in the village of Srifa took place on Wednesday, the first day β€Œof a US-Iran ceasefire that many in Lebanon hoped would apply to their country, too. Instead, Israeli strikes killed more than...

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