Beirut: At least 40 people including children were killed as Israeli conducted airstrikes on the southern suburbs of capital city of Beirut of Lebanon in the past 24 hours.
The southern Lebanese port city of Tyre was struck by Israeli airstrike on Saturday, which resulted in the death of seven people including five siblings, said officials.The death toll continued to increase as airstrikes struck different parts of southern and eastern Lebanon, leaving several buildings destroyed.
On prior case of the airstrikes, the Israeli military used to issue evacuation orders for parts of the city on the social media platform X. However, it gave no new instructions this time before it attacked the city.
Meanwhile, the rescue operation is ongoing. The rescuers were looking for survivors and trying to recover any additional body parts, which will undergo DNA testing for identification.
At least 13 people were killed due to Israeli airstrikes on Saturday. The deceased included seven medics from rescue groups linked to Hezbollah and Amal, according to the health ministry. Additionally, at least 20 more people died in the eastern plains near the Baalbek city.
Meanwhile the Israeli military stated that the airstrikes struck Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the Tyre and Baalbek. They attacked the infrastructures that housed Hezbollah fighters and their operational apartment along with weapon storage.
At least 3,136 people including 619 women and 194 children have died in the attacks and 13,979 people were wounded due to the Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the last year, said the country’s health ministry.