BEIRUT, March 24 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed and several others wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes and ground operations across southern Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, and Beirut's southern suburbs overnight and early Tuesday, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry.
The Israel military on Tuesday confirmed its strikes, saying that it had completed another wave of airstrikes across Lebanon, targeting fuel stations belonging to a Hezbollah-controlled company.
An Israeli airstrike targeted the village of Bchamoun in the Aley district, killing two and wounding five others, according to Lebanon's Health Ministry Emergency Operations Center.
In southern Lebanon, four people were killed and four others injured in an airstrike that targeted a house in the village of Selaa. Another two people were killed and five others wounded after Israeli warplanes conducted three air raids at dawn on the village of Tayr Debba in the Tyre district.
In the Arqoub area, an Israeli infantry force entered the village of Halta after midnight, raided a house, and opened fire on its residents, killing one and wounding several others.
Later, an Israeli airstrike targeted a pickup truck at the junction of the village of Chehabiyeh, killing one Syrian national. Two people were also killed and two others wounded in an airstrike that targeted the area between Adloun and Abu al-Aswad.
An Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle in the town of Maaroub, killing one person, while another person, identified as Mahmoud Hamad, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Kfar Tebnit. Three people were also killed in an airstrike that targeted a house in the Mieh Mieh camp east of Sidon.
The latest Israeli attacks, coming after Israel bombed five bridges over the Litani River, were part of Israel's attempt to weaken Hezbollah's financial infrastructure.
Hezbollah entered the confrontation on March 2 by launching rockets from southern Lebanon toward Israel for the first time since a ceasefire on Nov. 27, 2024, prompting Israel to carry out an intensified military campaign targeting multiple areas across the country. ■
