BEIRUT

At least 816 people, including women and children, have been killed and 2,507 others injured in ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon since Sept. 23, according to an Anadolu tally based on figures released by the Lebanese Health Ministry.

The Israeli army has mounted massive airstrikes against what it called Hezbollah targets, in an escalation of a year of cross-border warfare between the two sides since last October.

According to figures compiled by Anadolu, at least 1,640 people have since been killed and 8,408 others injured.

The figure is likely to rise as the Israeli army continues to stage airstrikes in various areas across Lebanon.

Hezbollah 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 Hamas last Oct. 7.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli attack in the southern suburb of Beirut on Friday.

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

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi in Ankara