The death toll from Israeli bombing of areas in southern and eastern Lebanon rose to 70 killed and 80 wounded on Sunday.

Earlier today, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported, through a series of statements, that 45 people were killed and 76 injured in Israeli raids on villages in Sidon (south) and Baalbek (east).

It later reported that the intensity of the Israeli bombing had escalated, raising the number of victims to 70 killed and 80 wounded, in an incomplete toll.

The official Lebanese News Agency said that for the first time since October 8, Israeli warplanes launched a raid on the town of "Jab Janin" in the Western Bekaa (east), which led to the death of 4 people and the injury of 4 others.

It also reported the death of a family of 17 people in an Israeli raid that targeted the town of Zboud in the northern Bekaa, in addition to the presence of missing people under the rubble.

The agency also reported that 4 people were killed in 3 raids that targeted a building in the village of Halbata in the Bekaa (east).

The Ministry of Health's Emergency Operations Center said in a statement that "the Israeli occupation raids on the Baalbek-Hermel district (east) led, in an initial toll, to the martyrdom of 21 people and the injury of 47 others."

In Sidon (south), 24 people were killed and 29 others were injured, as a result of an Israeli raid that targeted a residential building in the Ain al-Delb area, according to the center.