Israeli air strikes targeting several areas across Lebanon since early on Wednesday have killed at least 20 people and wounded 26 others, according to media reports.
Israeli aircraft also struck a residential apartment in the Aicha Bakkar area of the capital Beirut, though the number of casualties from that attack was not immediately clear, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) said.
According to the agency, three people, including a paramedic, were killed in an Israeli strike on the town of Hanouiyeh in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon.
One person was killed and two others wounded in a strike on Zellaya in the Western Bekaa region of eastern Lebanon, while another person was killed and eight others wounded in Israeli bombardment of Al-Housh in the Tyre district.
In the town of Qana in the same district, successive Israeli air strikes killed five people and injured five others, NNA said.
Six people were killed and seven others wounded in an Israeli strike on Chehabiyeh in Tyre, according to Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV.
Meanwhile, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said four people were wounded in an Israeli strike on the town of Tebnine in the Bint Jbeil district of southern Lebanon.
Israeli air strikes have killed nearly 570 people and displaced thousands across Lebanon since March 2.
The escalation happened after Israel and the US launched a joint war on Iran, killing more than 1,200 people, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Iran later retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.
