Syrian girl, 12, and her father killed in south Lebanon by 3 Israeli missiles

A 12-year-old Syrian girl succumbed to her injuries shortly after her father died in south Lebanon on Saturday after an Israeli drone targeted them with three consecutive missiles. (X/@KawalisBeirut)

• The father and his daughter were on a motorcycle in Al-Nabatieh when a drone struck them three times
• The health ministry condemned the ‘barbaric targeting and deliberate violence against civilians and children’ in Lebanon

BEIRUT: A 12-year-old Syrian girl succumbed to her injuries shortly after her father died in south Lebanon on Saturday after an Israeli drone targeted them with three consecutive missiles.
The two were reported to have been on a motorcycle in Al-Nabatieh region when an Israeli drone chased them and fired the first missile, which they survived, a Lebanese official is cited as telling local media.
The drone fired a second missile, killing the father, while the daughter ran around 100 meters away from the motorcycle before the drone fired at her again.
The country’s health ministry issued a statement confirming the three-missile attack and said the girl had been hit by the second strike but managed to get away initially.
She was rushed to Al-Nabatieh’s Nabih Berri Governmental University Hospital but later succumbed to her injuries, the National News Agency reported on Saturday afternoon.
“She [the girl] was brought to our hospital, but I cannot give you any further information,” a nurse told Arab News. No further details could be obtained from either the hospital or the Lebanese Civil Defense despite repeated calls.
A Lebanese Civil Defense official was quoted as saying the father and daughter were collecting supplies near Al-Sabah Al-Jadida Secondary School when they were targeted at around 10.30am.
According to the health ministry, the girl underwent an urgent operation before she died.
“The Ministry of Health condemns the barbaric targeting and deliberate violence against civilians and children in Lebanon, in an ongoing series of serious violations of international humanitarian law,” said a statement.
On Saturday morning, an Israeli aircraft struck a car near the Mohammed Saad High School between the villages of Burj Rahal and Al-Abbasiyeh, in the Tyre region, killing three people.
The Times of Israel said the Israeli Defense Forces were looking into the matter.