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14 including 4 children martyred in Beqaa, Lebanon.

14 including 4 children martyred in Beqaa, Lebanon.

Al Nasreye in Beqaa where a 3 storey civilian apartment was bombed. Everyone in it was martyred - 14 martyred including 4 children. 9 injured.

Beqaa is a historic region and also Hezbollah's historic stronghold. It is also a strategic corridor connecting Lebanon to its alies in Syria, Iraq and Iran. Since the war started in Lebanon, the region has bore the brunt of Israel's bombing campaign.

Most who remain in the region are farmers. Its plains are fertile and it is a region rich in agriculture. Farmers in the area farmed onions, potatoes and livestock. The area that was bombed was a civilian home. Remnants of a living room was found atop the rubble, smoke still rising from the fire caused by the airstrike. Random sides of shoes found in expected places. Metal gates unhinged, flung across the property. It was a chaotic sight.

Locals who were interviewed emphasised that there are no rocket launchers or underground tunnels here. The home that was targeted harboured no resistance fighters. They were farmers and families with young children.

"The Israelis have achieved nothing on the border and they are now attacking civilians and disdplaying fake victories", one local said.

"We have alwyas been resistant. We have always followed the path of Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah. We now will pledge our loyalties to sheikh Naim Kassim to our very last breadth."

Some of the bodies were of the martyred remain unretrievable.