Lebanon's health authorities said Saturday that the death toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has climbed to 3,123, with 9,506 others wounded.
Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said 25 medical, nursing, and administrative staff members at Hiram Hospital in the Tyre district were wounded after Israeli strikes hit near the facility, causing severe damage.
The center said it was the second time in less than two months the hospital had been struck, calling the attacks a violation of international humanitarian law protecting health facilities.
Israeli continued to intensify military operations in southern Lebanon recently.
On Saturday, at least 15 residential areas were hit by Israeli airstrikes, and a military camp in Nabatieh was attacked, leaving one Lebanese soldier injured.
According to a statement released by the Israeli military on Saturday, one Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured while on duty in the northern Lebanon on Saturday.
On Saturday, a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Israeli military attacks, called on the international community to take immediate action to stop Israel's crimes, and reaffirmed that Iran stands firmly with Lebanon.
A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect at midnight on April 17.
Despite the truce, Israel has carried out strikes in Lebanon, while Hezbollah also launched attacks on northern Israel and Israeli military positions in southern Lebanon.
Lebanese death toll from Israeli strikes hits 3,123 since March 2
Russia said its forces have hit Ukrainian targets like defense industrial enterprises and energy facilities, while Ukraine reported strikes over major Russian facilities.
The Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday said in its latest report that over the past 24 hours, its forces struck Ukrainian defense industrial enterprises, energy facilities used by the Ukrainian military, as well as assembly and storage sites for long-range drones. The military also reported hitting temporary deployment points of Ukrainian forces and foreign mercenaries in 142 locations.
Russian air defense units shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 800 fixed-wing drones during the same period, according to the report.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Saturday that its troops conducted precision strikes on multiple key Russian targets, including an oil terminal on the Black Sea coast. Ukrainian strikes also targeted logistical warehouses, ammunition depots, and communication nodes on the eastern front.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said in a social media post that Ukrainian forces carried out a long-range strike against a major chemical plant in Russia's Perm Krai region.
The death toll from a Ukrainian attack on a college dormitory in Starobelsk in the Luhansk region has risen to 21, with many others being injured, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situation said on Saturday.
The ministry said on Friday a large-scale overnight drone assault hit the campus of Starobelsk College, affiliated with Luhansk Padagogical University, causing the collapse of the student dormitory building.
A total of 86 students aged 14 to 18, along with one staff member, were inside the building at the time of the strike, said local health authorities.
The Russian-appointed governor of the Luhansk region declared May 24 and 25 as days of morning for the victims of the attack.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the attack was "not an accident," claiming that "there are no military facilities, security service sites or related agencies near the dormitory."
Ukraine's General Staff denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its forces strike only military facilities and objects used for military purposes in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Russia says targeting Ukrainian defense enterprises, Ukraine reports strikes on major Russian facilities
