18 killed in Israeli airstrike on northern Lebanon apartment building

At least 18 people were killed Monday in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in northern Lebanon far from Hezbollah militant strongholds in the south and east of the country, the Lebanese Red Cross reported.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and it was not clear what the target was. The attack hit a small apartment building in the village of Aito.

Hours earlier, an Israeli