Death toll in Israel’s Lebanon attacks over 120 as Beirut, south, east hit

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group urges Israelis to evacuate border areas as Israel continues to bomb the country.Published On 6 Mar 2026The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon this week has risen to at least 123 people, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health says, as a new wave of strikes pounded the country and Hezbollah warned Israeli residents to evacuate towns within 5km (3 miles) of their northern border, in one of the fiercest fronts in the wider United States-Israel war on Iran.“The toll from the Israeli aggression on Monday … increased to 123 martyrs and 683 wounded,” a ministry statement said on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Photos: Israel kills more than 100 in Lebanon, asks Beirut residents to fleelist 2 of 4Photos: Israel, US ramp up Iran strikes, targeting hospitals, major stadiumlist 3 of 4Iran war: What is happening on day seven of US-Israel attacks?list 4 of 4Why has Hezbollah joined Middle East war?end of listLebanese state media said early on Friday that Israel had launched air strikes on several towns in southern Lebanon.“Enemy warplanes launched nighttime strikes on the towns of Srifa, Aita al-Shaab, Touline, as-Sawana and Majdal Selem,” the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.Another strike hit the eastern Lebanese town of Douris at dawn, the NNA said.Hezbollah’s message to evacuate the border areas came less than a day after Israel threatened residents that they should leave Beirut’s southern suburbs, prompting a huge exodus from a swath of the capital’s densely populated area known as Dahiyeh, where some half a million people live.The Israeli army said it has conducted 26 rounds of attacks in Dahiyeh. It claims to have hit various infrastructure used by Hezbollah, including the headquarters of the group’s Executive Council and a warehouse with drones.“Your military’s aggression against Lebanese sovereignty and safe citizens, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and the expulsion campaign it is carrying out will not go unchallenged,” Hezbollah said.