Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad announced on Monday evening that 356 Lebanese people were killed and more than 1246 others were injured, as a result of intensive Israeli airstrikes on large areas of Lebanon on Monday.
Minister Al-Abyad explained, in a press conference, that among those killed were 21 children, 39 women, and two medical workers from the ambulance teams.
He pointed out that the Israeli raids targeted two ambulances, a fire engine and a medical centre, in addition to destroying a number of homes and facilities, burning a number of vehicles, and displacing thousands of families.
For the first time, the Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the town of Qartaba in the Jbeil district and the town of Mayrouba in the Keserwan district in Mount Lebanon.
The Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the towns of Nabi Sheet, Talya, Al-Khader, Sahl Massa, Nabha, Al-Kanisah, Shamstar, Shaath, Hazrata, Baalbek, Brital, Riha and Younin in the eastern Bekaa .
In addition, Israeli occupation aircraft also launched raids targeting the towns of Hanawiya, Al-Qasimiya, Arabsalim, Jbaa, Al-Duwair, Al-Mansouri, Al-Maknouniyya, Harouf, Jibshit, Hadatha, and Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon, coinciding with the flight of warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft in Lebanese airspace.
The occupation aircraft bombed the town of Al-Hadath in Baalbek, which led to the deaths and injuries of dozens of people. It also launched a series of raids on the towns of Hermel, Ghazieh, Arzi, and the area between Abbasiyeh and Burj Rahhal.
The Israeli occupation aircraft launched raids on an uninhabited house in the town of Burj Rahhal, and on the towns of Khiyam, Arida Dibbin, Rasm al-Hadath, and the outskirts of the town of al-Shahabiya, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of many civilians.
The Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a water bottling warehouse at the Nasiriyah intersection in the central Bekaa, and the towns of Al-Halaniya, Al-Safar, Al-Qantara, Deir Siryan, Al-Rayhan, Al-Yammouneh, Taraya, Tamnin Al-Tahta, Hawsh Al-Rafiqa, Al-Ansar, and the Litani River at the outskirts of the Al-Khardali area, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of martyrs.
The road leading from Zahrani towards Sidon witnessed traffic congestion due to the rush of cars trying to flee the Israeli bombardment. Palestinian refugees in the Beirut area have set up shelters and water stations for those displaced from the south.
Earlier this evening, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
The Lebanese News Agency reported that the occupation aircraft targeted a residential building in the Bir al-Abd area in the southern suburb with three missiles, noting that ambulances, civil defense and rescue teams rushed to the scene and transported a number of the wounded.
Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abiad indicated in a press conference that the Israeli raids targeted two ambulances, a fire engine, and a medical center, in addition to destroying a number of homes and facilities, burning a number of vehicles, and displacing thousands of families.
Although Israeli forces have dropped bombs in Lebanon over the past eleven months, this is the single largest attack on Lebanon since the Israel-Lebanon war in 2006.
Jornalist Fadi Boudia in the midst of a live broadcast when his office is hit by one of the Israeli bombc, causing him injuries:
