At least 19 killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon killed at least 19 people on Wednesday morning, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

A total of almost 100 people were injured in the strikes, the ministry added.

The attacks struck the towns of Ain Kana and Bint Jubayl in the south of the country. The towns of Maaysra, north of Beirut, and Joun near the coastal city of Sidon were also hit.

An attack in the southern Lebanese town of Tebnine injured 27 people alone, while 38 people were injured in several airstrikes in the Bekaa Valley, according to the Health Ministry.

Meanwhile, the Shiite Hezbollah militia continued its bombardment of targets in Israel, announcing that it had fired dozens of rockets at the town of Hazor Ashdod and at a military base in the north of the country.

The Israeli military reported that around 40 missiles had been fired from Lebanon, some of which it had intercepted.

One missile landed near a sheltered housing facility for the elderly near Safed in the north of the country, according to the Israeli military, but no casualties were reported.