BEIRUT -- Three people were killed, and five others were injured on Tuesday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a convoy of tankers transporting diesel in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese military sources told Xinhua.

The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that an Israeli warplane fired four air-to-surface missiles at an unspecified convoy of tankers that was transporting diesel from Syria to Lebanon. (Lebanon-Israel-Conflict)

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NEW DELHI -- Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed and two others injured on Tuesday due to the inhalation of toxic gases in India's southeastern city of Puducherry, officials said.

Two women and a girl were killed by poisonous gas that had accumulated in their home toilets in the Pudhu Nagar area. Two persons were also admitted to hospital in serious condition, a police official said. (India-Gas Leak)

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JERUSALEM -- Four Israeli soldiers were killed and six others injured in a blast in a booby-trapped building in Gaza's Rafah city, Israel's military announced on Tuesday.

The troops, including three soldiers and their commanding officer, were "killed in fighting in southern Gaza" on Monday, the military said in a press release, without elaborating further details. (Israel-Gaza)

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ISLAMABAD -- Six people were killed after a gas tanker collided with a car in Pakistan's east Punjab province on Monday, the motorway police said.

The accident happened near Chakwal district where both vehicles fell into the ravine after the collision, the police said in a statement. (Pakistan-Road accident)

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HANOI -- Three people died in the Vietnam's northern mountainous region following torrential rains over the past few days, the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control reported on Tuesday.

Two people drowned in floods and another was killed by landslides in Ha Giang province, said the report. (Vietnam-Floods-Death) Enditem

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