Israeli strike in Lebanon's Sidon kills three citizens, Lebanese army says

DUBAI (Reuters) -An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed three Lebanese citizens and wounded three Lebanese soldiers, the Lebanese army said on Thursday, and the Malaysian government said six of its personnel with UNIFIL forces had been injured.The strike targeted a car while it was passing a checkpoint, killing three Lebanese who were inside the vehicle, the army said in a statement.

The wounded soldiers had been serving at the checkpoint, while the UNIFIL personnel hit were in a vehicle of the U.N. peacekeeping force that was passing through the checkpoint at the time, according to the army statement.

(Reporting by Clauda Tanios; additional reporting by Danial Azhar in Kuala Lumpur; Editing by Gareth Jones and Kim Coghill)

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