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Lebanese mayor killed in heavy Israeli strikes on municipality

Israeli fighter jets heavily bombed the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on Wednesday morning, launching at least 10 successive air strikes that killed at least five people and wounded several others. 

The city's mayor, Ahmad Kheil, and a number of the municipality's staff were killed in one of the air strikes that hit the building, according to Lebanese media reports.