LAST UPDATE | 19 hrs ago
THE DEATH TOLL from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has risen to nearly 500 people, by far the worst death toll on a single day of any in the past year of hostilities near the border.
The victims include 35 children, according to Lebanon’s ministry for health. The Israeli military has fired on more than 1,300 sites in Lebanon today that it claims are Hezbollah targets as the situation along the Blue Line remains fraught.
Lebanon’s ministry for health has said that Israel’s attacks on “southern towns and villages” has killed 356 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and 1,645 more are injured.
Emergency workers are also among the wounded and deceased, it said.
In the last week overall, Israeli attacks have injured more than 5,000 people, according to Lebanon.
The health ministry has asked hospitals in the south and east of the country to call off non-essential surgeries to …