Israeli strike kills two academics at Lebanese university

An Israeli strike on a campus of Lebanon's public university killed two academics.

The director of the faculty of sciences at the south Beirut campus of the Lebanese University, Hussein Bazzi, and professor Mortada Srour were killed by an Israeli drone strike on the university, the National News Agency said.

The campus is located on the edge of Beirut's southern suburbs, an area that was spared in the last war between the pro-Iran militant group and Israel.

President Joseph Aoun condemned the bombing, which he said targeted the campus, as a crime and a “violation of international laws and norms that prohibit attacks on educational institutions and civilians.”