At least 45 people killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon on Sunday, health ministry says

 

First responders inspect the rubble of a building after it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Ain al-Delb, a village in southern Lebanon, on September 29. 

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At least 45 people have been killed and 76 injured in Israeli airstrikes on two different areas in Lebanon on Sunday, according to the Lebanese health ministry.

In the southern Lebanese village of Ain al-Delb, the ministry reported that at least 24 people died, and 29 others were injured.

At least 21 people were killed and 47 others injured in the Baalbek-Hermel region in eastern Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley, the ministry said.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese civilians have been forced onto the streets by Israel’s intensified bombardment in recent days. Residential buildings have been flattened and key infrastructure has been destroyed as Israel strikes what it says are Hezbollah targets embedded in civilian areas.