An Israeli strike killed eight people in the Lebanese city of Sidon, the health ministry said Wednesday, as the United States and its allies agreed to a ceasefire with Iran."The Israeli enemy's strike on Sidon, south Lebanon, resulted in a preliminary toll of eight citizens martyred and 22 wounded," the health ministry said in a statement.
An AFP photographer at the scene of the strike, which hit a seafront area of the coastal city, saw flames rising from a cafe, its glass windows shattered and scattered across the road.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze while the army cordoned off the area. Cars parked nearby were also damaged.
"We were notified of a strike on the seafront road in Sidon. We sent two teams, but they requested backup due to the large number of casualties," Louay Sabeh, a paramedic with a local association, told AFP.
He said emergency teams transported at least six wounded people from the scene.
The strike came shortly before Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran included US allies and was in effect "everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere".
Pakistan has acted as a mediator between the United States and Iran during the war in the Middle East.
