The deadly strike on Tyre comes amid concerns that the Israeli military wants to control sites sacred to Christians and Muslims
Israel has struck the historic city of Tyre in Lebanon, targeting the Christian quarter for the first time after ordering a partial evacuation. The attack has heightened local concerns over the fate of the city’s revered Biblical heritage sites.
According to Reuters, eight people were killed in a single strike on Tyre’s eastern edge on Tuesday.
The Christian quarter, located in the city’s northwest, had been excluded from previous Israeli warnings and had sheltered people displaced from elsewhere.
The Israeli military…
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