Hundreds of mourners gathered in southern Lebanon on Tuesday to bury 11 members of the Farhat family, including a three-month-old infant, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their home in the town of Kfar Rumman. The funerals also included a paramedic who died in the same round of attacks, which local officials described as a massacre.

The 12 coffins were draped in flags representing both Hezbollah and Lebanon; two bore Hezbollah flags, while the remaining 10 were covered with Lebanese flags, signaling that most of the victims were civilians. Mourners marched through the streets carrying flags, as women dressed in black wept and held photographs of the deceased. An Israeli drone was reported to have been flying overhead during the procession.

Nureddine Nureddine, the town’s deputy mayor, said at the funeral that the victims included grandparents, parents, and children who were asleep at the time of the strike. “Someone put an end to these crimes,” she said, emphasizing that there was no military activity in Kfar Rumman at the time of the attack, which occurred at night. She also noted that the town had been recovering, with a population of more than 1,400 before the strike, but the community has since been severely impacted.

The Israeli military stated that the airstrike targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in the region. The armed forces acknowledged that they are reviewing claims that uninvolved civilians were harmed during the operation.

The incident has exacerbated tensions in the area, with local officials condemning the strikes as disproportionate and causing unnecessary civilian casualties, while Israel maintains that its actions are aimed at limiting Hezbollah’s capabilities. The situation remains fluid as investigations continue into the circumstances surrounding the attack.