Entire family killed in Israeli airstrike on eastern Lebanon: Report

By Anadolu staff

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Israeli army's warplanes on Tuesday morning launched a series of airstrikes on southern and eastern Lebanon, with one of the airstrikes killing an entire family.

According to the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), Israel intensified airstrikes on the Baalbek-Hermel governorate in eastern Lebanon, forcing mass displacement of people to nearby areas, where they sheltered in mosques and halls.

It added that in one airstrike, an entire family was killed and is still under the rubble, but did not specify how many people were killed.

The Israeli warplanes also struck several areas in southern Lebanon, including airstrikes on the villages of Kafr Dounine and Sultaniyeh.

Meanwhile, the Hezbollah group said it launched six missile strikes on military installations in northern Israel, including two airfields and an explosives factory.

The group said that the strikes were carried out to support "the Palestinian people in Gaza and their courageous resistance" as well as to defend Lebanon.

Israel has launched a barrage of airstrikes into southern and eastern Lebanon, with Lebanese health authorities saying that at least 492 people have been killed, including 35 children, and 1,645 injured in the attacks since Monday morning, which have also forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes.

Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the beginning of Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed over 41,400 people, the majority of whom are women and children, following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year.

Israeli forces intensified their attacks on Lebanon, ignoring the international community's warnings that they would risk spreading the Gaza conflict to other regions.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar