At least 60 people, including 2 children, were killed as a result of Israeli strikes in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported. According to the ministry, another 58 people were injured. Search and rescue operations are still ongoing.
In turn, the BBC reports that the head of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, Bachi Khodr, called those strikes "the most brutal" since the start of intense Israeli strikes at the end of September.
On October 28, Israel also struck the Lebanese coastal city of Tyres, as a result of which at least 7 people were killed and 17 were injured. Before the strikes, Israel ordered the evacuation of the residents of a part of the city. In turn, the Israel Defense Forces announced that on October 28, the Lebanese "Hezbollah" group fired about 150 projectiles at Israel.
Border clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began in 2023. since October 8, after the infiltration of Hamas militants from the Gaza Strip into Israel, which initiated hostilities in the Palestinian enclave. At the end of September, Israel began airstrikes against Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon, and from October 1, it began a limited ground operation in Israel, stating that it wants to create safe conditions for the return of tens of thousands of displaced residents from the north of Israel. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, the last In one year, more than 2,600 people were killed and more than 12,400 were injured as a result of Israeli strikes, most of them in the last month. In addition, around 1.3 million people were displaced during the conflict.
