Israeli warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 182 people.
Lebanon’s health ministry announced the death toll on Monday, saying at least 727 others had also been wounded in the attacks that targeted the areas earlier in the day.
The casualties included “children, women, and emergency workers,” it added, noting that the numbers were provisional, Press TV reports.
According to state media, the aircraft had bombed all the towns and villages lying on the southern border as well as their surroundings.
Israeli warplanes also reportedly targeted eastern Lebanese areas, including the Bekaa Valley.
Lebanese sources said the airstrikes had targeted a total of more than 40 areas in Lebanon during the attacks.
Israeli media outlets, meanwhile, alleged that the attacks had hit locations lying as far as 125 kilometers inside the Lebanese territory.
Israeli military spokesman Danieh Hagari said the regime "will engage in more extensive and precise strikes” against Lebanon, adding that the attacks would "go on for the near future.”
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