Beirut, March 04 (QNA) –  Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced that six people were killed and eight others injured in two Israeli airstrikes that targeted the areas of Aramoun and Saadiyat in Mount Lebanon Governorate.

In a statement issued today, the ministry said that the casualties resulted from the Israeli attack on the two areas, noting that ambulance teams transported the injured to hospitals to receive treatment.

In the same context, Israeli warplanes carried out a third airstrike early today on Mount Lebanon Governorate.

It is worth noting that Israeli fighter jets launched a series of intense airstrikes early the day before yesterday, Monday, on Beirut’s southern suburbs and several areas in southern Lebanon, causing widespread destruction and fires at the targeted sites.

Lebanon’s Government Disaster Management Unit had announced yesterday that the death toll from the Israeli attacks on the country since the start of the offensive the day before yesterday, Monday, had risen to 50 people killed and 335 injured. (QNA)