24 people killed, several injured in Israeli airstrike in southern, eastern Lebanon

At least 24 people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike today, in southern and eastern Lebanon. According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, most of the casualties resulted from Israeli attacks on towns and villages in the city of Baalbek. Meanwhile, Hezbollah said its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli forces near the occupied town of Shebaa and another gathering of Israeli soldiers at HaGoshrim



in Israel.

 

The Israeli army has been conducting intensive air attacks on Lebanon in an escalation with Hezbollah since late September. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the death toll in the country from Israeli airstrikes since the onset of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in October 2023 has reached 3,189, with injuries rising to 14,078.