Successive Israeli strikes in eastern Lebanon Monday night killed at least 60 people and wounded 58, the country’s health ministry said in a preliminary casualty count.
The strikes are among the deadliest in Lebanon since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalated last month. They targeted multiple cities and towns in the Baalbek-Hermel and Bekaa governorates, the ministry added.
Baalbek-Hermel Gov. Bachir Khodr called it the “most violent day in Baalbek since the beginning of the aggression.”
CNN has reached out to the Israeli military for comment.
Remember: Israel launched a ground offensive in Lebanon earlier this month as part of its intensifying conflict with the Iran-backed paramilitary group Hezbollah.
Israel has bombed what it says are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon at an unprecedented intensity, displacing over 1 million people and killing more than 2,000 since mid-September, according to the Lebanese government.
