The mayor of Nabatiyeh was among at least six people killed Wednesday in Israeli strikes on the municipality of the southern Lebanese city.
"The mayor of Nabatiyeh, among others... was martyred. It's a massacre," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding he had been in the municipality building.
Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers also said several people were killed in the strike on the municipality building including mayor Ahmad Kahil.
Israel carried out Wednesday 11 air strikes on Nabatiyeh and surrounding areas in south Lebanon, days after strikes destroyed the southern city's marketplace.
"For now, 11 strikes have mainly hit Nabatiyeh but also its surroundings," Nabatiyeh governor Howaida Turk told AFP, adding that the intense raids "formed a kind of belt of fire" in the area.
The health ministry said six people were killed in the strikes and 43 were wounded. The mayor of Nabatiyeh and local government staff were in the building.
"The Israeli enemy raid... on two buildings, that of the Nabatiyeh municipality and the union of municipalities, killed six people in a preliminary toll," the ministry said in a statement, adding rescuers were searching for survivors under the rubble.