TEHRAN, Sep. 23 (MNA) – The Israeli regime’s warplanes have conducted extensive airstrikes against towns and villages across Lebanon, killing at least 356 people.

Lebanon’s health ministry announced the death toll on Monday, saying martyrs included dozens of children and women. 

The ministry said at least 1,246 others had also been wounded in the attacks that targeted the areas earlier in the day.

Several children, women, and aid workers are among the martyrs, it added.

 Israeli warplanes carried out a series of air attacks on towns in the eastern Bekaa Valley and in southern parts of the country, local sources reported on Monday morning.

The towns of Hermel, Zboud, and Harbata in Bekaa were attacked, while areas in Tyre and Nabatieh in southern Lebanon were also bombed, Al Jazeera reported.

Footage posted on social media showed large clouds of smoke billowing over Zboud and in Nabatieh.

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