The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported this Saturday, in a preliminary report collected by local media, that at least 31 people died and 14 were injured after “a wave of Israeli attacks” in the East and South Lebanon.
According to information published by Al Jazeera and Lebanese media Al-Manar, 20 people died in the Baalbek-Hermel region (east), including 11 in the town of Knaisseh, and 14 other people were injured.
In the south, the report continues, at least 11 people died after the Israeli offensive, six rescuers in the Village of Deir Qanounin the city of Tyre, and five people in the city of Hanaway.
The Israeli army, for its part, reported on its official Telegram channel the attack against “Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure sites in the regions of Tire and Baalbek”, respectively in the south and east of Lebanon.
“Among the targets attacked were terrorists, operational apartments and weapons storage facilities“, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
The Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah also claimed this Saturday a total of 23 projectile and drone attacks on towns and settlements in northern Israeland assured that he still had “enough missiles and drones” to continue the war.
At least 3,160 people have died in Lebanon since the crossfire between Israel and Hezbollah began in October 2023, mainly after the Israeli army began its campaign of massive attacks against the Arab country on September 23.
At the same time, the violence caused More than 1.2 million people have been forced to leave their homesaccording to data published by the Lebanese government.