Australian brothers reported killed by Israeli airstrike in Lebanon

Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi died alongside Ibrahim’s wife Shorouq Hammoud, who had just obtained visa to settle with him in Sydney

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is investigating reports that two Australian brothers have been killed in Lebanon.

Local media reported that Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi, and Ibrahim’s wife, Shorouq Hammoud, had died after an Israeli airstrike in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon. Ali had been a Hezbollah fighter, the reports said, and images of his funeral showed a military-style farewell with the coffin draped in a Hezbollah flag.