An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 12 Lebanese rescue workers inside a civil defense center in the eastern city of Baalbek.

An AP journalist at the scene in Mazzeh said a five-story building was damaged by a missile that hit the basement.

An Israeli airstrike killed 12 Lebanese rescue workers at a civil defence center in Baalbek. Lebanese emergency workers searched for survivors. The attack is part of escalating conflict affecting Lebanon,