According to CNN, the Lebanese government said Israeli airstrikes on the southern Lebanon on 21 local time killed five people, including four U.S. citizens, three of whom were children.

In response to the incident, the Israeli military said it had ¡°attacked and destroyed¡± a Lebanese Hezbollah militant in a southern Lebanese town, but the Israeli military also acknowledged that the airstrikes resulted in the deaths of ¡°several unrelated civilians¡±.

According to Lebanese sources, four Americans were killed, one father and three children, and the mother was also seriously injured in the attack.Lebanese media that a drone fired two missiles at a motorcycle and a sedan.A U.S. citizen was killed in the car and the target motorcycle driver was also killed.

CNN said the media had sent a request for comment to the US State Department. Describing the attack as a "massacre" against civilians, Lebanese Prime Minister Salam urged the international community to "condemn Israel's repeated violations of international resolutions and international law in the strongest terms".