BEIRUT 

At least 21 people have been killed and 125 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the districts of Tyre and Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said Sunday.

"Israeli airstrikes on Bint Jbeil today resulted in three martyrs in the village of Aita al-Shaab and two martyrs in the town of Souaneh,” it said.

In Bint Jbeil, the number of injuries reached 10 in the villages of Kafra, Bani Hayyan, Tebnine and Shaqra."

Additionally, the ministry noted that Israeli airstrikes on towns in Tyre district led to 16 fatalities and 115 injuries.

The statement emphasized that the airstrikes caused significant damage to Qana Governmental Hospital.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel's war on Gaza, which has killed nearly 41,600 people, mostly women and children, following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year.

The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the Gaza conflict into a wider regional war.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala