New Delhi: Lebanon has said that fresh Israeli strikes have killed at least 182 people and wounded 727 in the south of the country.
These figures were provided by Lebanon’s health ministry. Paramedics, women, and children are among those killed, reports quoted Lebanon authorities as having said.
The Israeli military said it has carried out strikes on “300 targets in Lebanon”, claiming that they served as “weapons depots” for Hezbollah.
The Guardian has quoted IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari as having said, “This is infrastructure that Hezbollah has built over many years. So far, since this morning, more than three hundred terrorist targets across Lebanon have been struck.”
This escalation comes after two waves of explosions triggered by Israel last week – of handheld pagers and radios – across Lebanon, leaving several dead and thousands severely injured.
The pagers and radios were both understood to be in use by Hezbollah. The group had taken to the use of older technology primarily to avert Israeli surveillance of hi-tech gadgets.
