At the very least 40 folks have been killed in Israeli air strikes in jap Lebanon, together with the primary metropolis of Baalbek, with rescuers nonetheless on the lookout for survivors underneath the rubble.
“The collection of Israeli enemy strikes on the Bekaa Valley and Baalbek” killed “40 folks and injured 53”, the Ministry of Public Well being mentioned of Wednesday’s assaults.
The loss of life toll contains 11 folks killed in Baalbek, 9 of them within the Shikan district, a densely packed Sunni neighbourhood within the Shia-majority metropolis.
An Israeli assault additionally killed 16 folks within the village of Nasriyah, the ministry mentioned.
“Rescue and rubble elimination operations are nonetheless ongoing seeking lacking individuals,” it added.
The assaults came about shortly after Hezbollah’s new secretary-general, Naim Qassem, mentioned he didn’t consider that political motion would carry an finish to Israel’s offensive. He mentioned there might be a street to oblique negotiations, nevertheless, if Israel stopped its bombardment of Lebanon.
At the very least 3,050 folks have been killed and 13,658 wounded in Israeli assaults for the reason that battle on Gaza started, in response to Well being Ministry figures.
