It marks the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war and comes as Israel issued evacuation warnings to south and east Lebanon.

Israeli strikes on Monday killed 492 Lebanese, including more than 60 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah. Thousands of Lebanese…

Lebanon's health ministry said the strikes killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded 1,645 people

More than 1,600 other people were wounded as the country still reels from an attack on communication devices last week.

Lebanon’s health ministry said the strikes killed 492 people, including 35 children and 58 women, and wounded 1,645 people.

Hospitals in south and east Lebanon have been asked to halt all non-urgent surgeries to make vacancies for wounded in intense Israeli strikes.

Israeli air strikes killed 356 people, including 24 children, in Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese health minister said, in the deadliest cross-border escalation since war erupted in Gaza on October 7.

The Israeli military said Monday evening that it had carried out a targeted strike in Beirut. It did not immediately give details.

Following a wave of pager explosions last Tuesday, the Israeli military said it struck 300 targets Monday in Lebanon in one of the most intense barrages of airstrikes in nearly a year.