The Islamic Health Committee on Saturday reported that 16 children were injured in an Israeli air strike on the south Lebanon town of Siddiqine.

The wounded children, aged between four and 14, were transported to hospitals in the region for treatment, a source in the Islamic Health Committee told AFP.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported that the strike on the town, located inland from the coastal city of Tyre, was among several conducted by "Israel" on Saturday, resulting in seven people being wounded.

The Israeli military claimed that its fighter jets targeted "significant Hezbollah assets" in various areas of southern Lebanon, yet all of those who were affected by the strike were children. 

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On a related note, the Lebanese Resistance reported earlier today that it successfully downed an Israeli Hermes 900 drone over southern Lebanon.

The drone was shot down using a surface-to-air missile and it was later declared to have been a hostile Hermes 900 high-payload drone.

The drone was said to have been shot down over the southern Lebanese town of Deir Kifa.

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The Lebanese resistance has been engaged in near-daily fire exchanges with "Israel" since the start of the Gaza genocide.

Over the nearly eight months of violence, an estimated 450 people have been killed in Lebanon.

The Israeli forces on the other hand has reported the death of at least 14 soldiers and 11 civilians.