The Lebanese Ministry of Health said that Israeli air strikes on the village of Khraiba in the Baalbek region of eastern Lebanon killed six people on Saturday, including three children, and injured 11 others.

The ministry said that among the injured were five children, two of whom were in critical condition.

The ministry said that raids earlier on Saturday killed two paramedics in southern Lebanon, one in Burj Rahal and the other in Kafr Tibnit, and injured four other rescue workers, with two still missing.

Israeli air strikes also targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs controlled by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group for the fifth day in a row, with at least 15 strikes on Saturday, according to two security sources.

The Israeli military said the attacks targeted Hezbollah’s infrastructure, including a weapons storage facility and a command center.

The Israeli army announced on Saturday that a soldier was killed during a battle in southern Lebanon.

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There has been no news yet from the Lebanese authorities about casualties in the raids on the southern suburbs of the capital.

Israel launched its ground and air attack on Hezbollah in late September after nearly a year of cross-border hostilities in parallel with the conflict in Gaza. It says it aims to secure the return of tens of thousands of Israelis who were forced to evacuate from northern Israel under Hezbollah fire.

The Israeli campaign dealt strong blows to Hezbollah. It also forced more than a million Lebanese to flee their homes, creating a humanitarian crisis.

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Israeli airstrikes kill at least 70 in Gaza and Lebanon as US tries to secure ceasefire deal

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks have killed at least 3,452 people as of Friday since October 7, 2023, most of them since late September. It does not differentiate between civilian victims and combatants.

Israel says Hezbollah attacks killed about 100 civilians and soldiers in northern Israel, the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, and southern Lebanon over the past year.