Khaberni - The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday morning, the martyrdom of six people and the injury of eight others in Israeli raids targeting two towns in south Beirut.
The ministry said in a statement: "The Israeli enemy's attacks on the areas of Aramoun and Saadiyat initially resulted in the martyrdom of six individuals and the injury of eight citizens with wounds."
An Israeli raid targeted a hotel in Hazmieh east of Beirut, while another raid struck a building in one of the neighborhoods of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon.
Israel and the United States have been conducting airstrikes on Iran since Saturday, which resulted in the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, and since then, Tehran has retaliated by targeting Israel and other countries in the region with missiles and drones.
Iran enacted a naval blockade on the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz and targeted oil tankers attempting to cross it.
On Sunday, Hezbollah fired several rockets from Lebanon targeting northern Israel; in response to the assassination of Khamenei, and this has drawn Lebanon into an open war with Israel, where destructive raids were carried out on southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
