23 people were killed and others were injured on Saturday, following a series of violent raids launched by Israeli occupation aircraft on several towns in the Baalbek district in eastern Lebanon.

The Lebanese News Agency said that Israeli warplanes raided a house in the town of Shamshtar, which led to a massacre that resulted in the death of 13 people, including a mother and her four children, and the injury of 13 others.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated in a series of statements on the "X" platform that the occupation raids on the Baalbek district resulted in the martyrdom of 5 people and the injury of 5 others, including two in critical condition in the town of Boudai, the martyrdom of 4 people and the injury of 3 in the town of Flawi, the martyrdom of one person in the town of Brital, the injury of 18 people in the town of Ras al-Ain, and the injury of 3 people in the town of Hortala.

In Zahle district in the Bekaa Governorate (east), an airstrike launched by Israeli occupation aircraft on the Al-Fikani neighborhood in the central Bekaa region resulted in the death of one person and the injury of 3 others, according to a statement by the Ministry of Health.

Baalbek is a historic city dating back about 3,000 years and is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lebanese officials fear that Israeli raids will destroy historical landmarks there, after previous raids damaged them.

Earlier, 14 people were killed and 43 injured, following a series of Israeli occupation raids on several towns in the Nabatieh and South Governorates in southern Lebanon.

In the Nabatieh district of the governorate of the same name, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said in a series of statements that 5 people were killed and 3 others were injured, including two in critical condition, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the town of Romin. As a result of other violent Israeli airstrikes on the Nabatieh district, the Lebanese Ministry of Health reported injuries of 5 in the town of Meifdoun, 4 in the town of Zefta, and 3 in the city of Nabatieh, the center of the district.

In the same district, the Lebanese News Agency reported the martyrdom of two Sudanese as a result of an Israeli drone strike that targeted a motorcycle on a road in the town of Kfar Rman. It explained that the two martyrs worked as guards for a house in the area.

In Marjeyoun district in Nabatieh governorate, the Ministry of Health reported that two people were injured in an Israeli fighter jet raid on the town of Dibbin.

In the South Governorate, the ministry reported that an Israeli warplane launched a raid on the city of Tyre, the center of the district bearing the same name, which led, according to a preliminary toll, to the martyrdom of 5 people and the injury of 19 others.

As a result of other violent raids by Israeli warplanes on the same district, the Ministry of Health reported the death of two people and the injury of another in critical condition in the town of Ain Baal, and the injury of 6 people in the town of Batouleh.

The Israeli aggression on Lebanon since October 8 has resulted in 3,670 dead and 15,413 wounded, including a large number of children and women, in addition to about 1.4 million displaced persons. Most of the victims and displaced persons were recorded after September 23.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health stated that the occupation raids yesterday, Friday, resulted in the death of 25 people and the injury of 58 others.