Baalbek: The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon’s eastern Baalbek district has risen to 57, with dozens more injured, the Lebanese official news agency reported on Saturday.
According to Anadolu Agency, more than 25 airstrikes targeted residential areas, including the Ras al-Ain neighborhood, causing extensive damage to homes, businesses, and tourist sites. The agency added that in the village of Amahz, 12 members of the Amahz and Bazal families were killed. In another strike between the towns of Harabta and Ras al-Haddath, six family members, including parents and four children, were killed.
More fatalities were reported in several villages, including eight in Younine, six in Bednayel, five in Saeeda, while a family of four were killed in the town of Al-Alaq. Israel has escalated its air campaign in Lebanon since September, targeting what it claims are Hezbollah targets. This marks an escalation from year-long cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah, following the start of Israel’s off
ensive on the Gaza Strip.
Lebanese health authorities report that nearly 2,900 people have been killed and more than 13,000 injured in Israeli attacks since last October. The conflict expanded when Israel launched an incursion into southern Lebanon on October 1.
