Lebanon says Israeli attacks killed 23, injured 98 in past 24 hours

BEIRUT, Lebanon

Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed 23 people and wounded 98 others over the past 24 hours, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Thursday.

In a statement carried by the National News Agency, the ministry added that the total death toll since March 2 has risen to 1,368, with 4,138 people injured.

The toll includes 125 children and 91 women.

Israel has pounded Lebanon with airstrikes and launched a ground offensive in the south since a cross-border attack by Hezbollah on March 2.

Lebanese authorities said that nearly 1,318 people have since been killed and 3,935 others wounded in the Israeli assault.