A total of 46 people have been killed across southern and eastern Lebanon today, according to a death toll from the country’s health ministry.
Another 85 have been injured in recorded strikes in the governorates of Nabatieh, Bekaa, Baalbek-Hermel and Mount Lebanon. According to the ministry’s tally, Nabatieh accounted for half of the death toll and just shy of half the injuries.
This tally appears to be from before an Israeli strike in Beirut’s southern suburbs, which occurred around midnight local time.
The Israel Defense Forces said it conducted a strike in Beirut but did not provide additional details.
An NBC News crew in Beirut heard loud explosions just before the IDF released its statement. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that a strike was reported in the southern suburbs, where Israel has previously hit.