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Sixteen people, including the mayor of the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh, were killed on Wednesday when Israeli strikes hit the municipal building there, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, 52 other people were wounded. Earlier in the day, NNA had reported that Mayor Ahmed Kahil was killed along with several members of the municipal council while they were holding a meeting. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati condemned the strikes on Nabatiyeh, saying that “the world is deliberately silent on the crimes of the occupation,” which he said …

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