Israeli shelling of south Lebanon causes damage, kills livestock

The Israeli shelling at dawn of areas near the Palestinian refugee camp of al-Rashidiyeh in south Lebanon led to the death of six sheep and several birds and damages to a livestock barn, the National News Agency said.

The bombardment also damaged an electricity transformer, a bridge and a number of homes and cars, NNA added.

A number of Syrian refugee families who work in agriculture in the Ras al-Ain area meanwhile fled to other areas to escape the shelling.

Israel said its bombardment was in retaliation to more than 34 rockets that had been fired on Thursday from the targeted area at northern Israel.