29 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since early Saturday

ISTANBUL

At least 29 people have been killed in separate Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, including five members of a family and 12 medical personnel, since early Saturday, according to Lebanese authorities.

In the latest attacks, five members of one family, including two children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the town of Mefdoun in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA.

Separately, one person was killed and four others injured after an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential apartment in the Nabaa area of Bourj Hammoud in the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Earlier, four people were killed when an Israeli attack targeted an apartment in Haret Saida in southern Lebanon, according to NNA.

Israeli fighter jets also struck a house in the town of Taybeh, with no injuries reported as of 0650GMT.

In Nabatieh, 12 medical workers, including doctors, paramedics, and nurses, were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a primary health care center in Burj Qalaouiyah in the district of Bint Jbeil, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Rescue teams are searching for people trapped under the rubble, the ministry said.

Seven more people were killed and others injured in another Israeli strike targeting the Al-Rahibat neighborhood, according to NNA.

The Lebanese group Hezbollah began targeting Israeli military sites on March 2 in response to the US-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, as well as Israeli attacks on Lebanon, despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024.

Israel expanded its campaign the same day with airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.

On March 3, Israel also launched a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon, along with the ongoing joint military campaign with the US against Iran that started on Feb 28.

Lebanese authorities said Thursday that Israel’s expanded attacks have killed 626 people, injured 2,009, and displaced 831,822.

* Writing by Khaled Badr and Rania Abushamala in Istanbul.