50 children among 558 killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon – health minister

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS. The death toll from the Israeli strikes on Lebanon since Monday reached 558, including 50 children and 94 women, with 1,835 wounded, health minister Firass Abiad said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.

Israel’s air force continued to strike on Tuesday morning, with the IDF claiming it had hit 1,600 Hezbollah  targets inside the country. Hezbollah, for its part, has continued to fire rockets into northern Israel, some of which have started fires. Overnight Hezbollah said it had targeted Israeli military bases and an airfield.

Thousands fled from southern Lebanon as the two sides are on the brink of all-out war.