Several people were reportedly killed and injured by an alleged Israeli “double-tap” strike on 14 October 2024, in Ain Bourdy, a village adjacent to the city of Baalbek in Lebanon. This happened while a group of people were carrying out rescue operations on a site that, shortly before, had been hit by an alleged Israeli airstrike.

According to @chadifaraj on Twitter/X, the people who were rescuing the victims of the first strike were hit by a second explosion. While most sources mentioned that there were “casualties”, the Twitter/X user @jaleannews mentioned that civilians were killed and injured during the strike on Ain Bourdy.

Several accounts, such as @Ertikaznews on Twitter/X, posted a video showing the alleged strike site. The man filming walks back and sideways and says, “They targeted for the second time, the guys were carrying people”. The video briefly shows the man’s black shoes, white pants and his shadow.

Twitter/X user @madfajy wrote of “a new massacre against Lebanese civilians”, and @bekafi_com wrote that “there is information about a number of civilian casualties.” This assessment will be updated if more information about the victims emerges.

No source mentioned a precise number of people present at the site at the moment of the alleged strike, nor a number of casualties of the double-tap strike.

Many sources referred to the Israeli military as the belligerent carrying out the airstrike.