At least 60 people have been killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley, two security sources and the mayor of
Baalbek told Reuters.

In the town of Sahl Allak in Baalbeck province, 16 people were killed, with the casualty toll still expected to rise as rescue operations continue, according to the National News Agency.

In Ramm, also in Baalbeck, an Israeli air strike killed nine people, including a mother and her four children, and left one other person wounded, according to NNA.

Another strike on the outskirts of Gouraud Barracks Camp in the Baalbeck province, where some Palestinian refugees reside, claimed six lives and wounded 17 others.

In Hellaniyeh, two people were killed and eight wounded, while in Younine, also in Baalbeck, two more people were killed and six others were injured, NNA reported.

Baalbeck’s Mayor Bachir Khodr described the attacks as “the most violent day in Baalbeck since the beginning of the aggression,” in a post on X.

Baalbek, known as the “City of the Sun” in ancient times, is home to one of the world’s largest complex of Roman temples – designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.