Tens of thousands of people are fleeing southern Lebanon "due to Israeli atrocities", the Lebanese minister coordinating the crisis response, Nasser Yassin, told Reuters on Monday.
Over 200 people were killed and wounded over 1,000 in Israeli strikes on Monday in southern Lebanon, the country's health ministry said in a statement. This is the worst toll in nearly a year of cross-border clashes.
A source close to Hezbollah said an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday targeted the group's commander for south Lebanon, where the movement has clashed with Israel for nearly a year.
The toll stood at "274 dead, including 21 children and 39 women, that's who we know about until now", Abiad told reporters, adding "thousands of families from the targeted areas have been displaced".
While in Gaza, Israel continues its indiscriminate bombardment, at least 41,455 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since the war began almost one year ago, according to the Gaza health ministry.