ISTANBUL

Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed 27 people and wounded 105 others over the past 24 hours, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry added that the total death toll since March 2 has risen to 1,345, with 4,040 people injured.

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.