The death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Oct.8, 2023 reached 2,710, while injuries increased to 12,592, said the Lebanese Health Ministry on Monday.
The Israeli military carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah objectives on Monday. In response, Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel on the same day.
The southern Lebanese port city of Tyre was heavily bombed by the Israeli military on Monday.
According to Israeli media reports, the Israel Defense Forces claimed to have launched strikes against Hezbollah targets in Tyre, targeting Hezbollah's weapon depots, military structures, and observation posts. Border villages in southern Lebanon were also hit by Israeli air raids on the same day.
Fifteen people were killed and 34 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon early Monday, according to media and military sources.
Lebanon's National News Agency reported that Israeli warplanes struck a building in Tyre's al-Raml neighborhood, leaving seven dead and 17 wounded. Additional strikes in Tyre and Bint Jbeil districts killed three more and injured four. Rescue teams continued searching for survivors in the rubble.
In Batoulieh, three were killed and seven injured, while in Nabatieh, one person died, and three were hurt in a house strike. An air raid on the Shmustar town in eastern Lebanon claimed one life and injured three others.
Lebanese military sources said Israeli forces conducted 17 air raids in southern Lebanon and five in the east, while artillery fired 45 shells at 20 border towns and villages. Israeli infantry, supported by Merkava tanks, advanced toward several villages in southern Lebanon, but were met with artillery and missile fire from Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance.
Hezbollah confirmed targeting Israeli soldiers and armored vehicles near Margaliot, along with missile strikes at Israeli forces near Kafr Kila, Rab El Thalathine, and al-Taybeh. A video from Hezbollah's media showed its forces repelling an Israeli commando attempting to infiltrate al-Taybeh.
Hezbollah also claimed to have launched rockets towards Israel on Monday, targeting Israeli northern port city Haifa and naval bases among other objectives.
Lebanese death toll from Israeli attacks rises to 2,710
