Lebanon’s health ministry has confirmed that Israeli airstrikes on Monday resulted in the deaths of at least 50 individuals, with over 300 others injured, including children, women, and medical personnel in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military advised residents in Lebanon to evacuate their homes as airstrikes caused significant casualties among the Lebanese population due to intense bombardment.

According to Lebanese broadcaster al-Manar, airstrikes targeted the outskirts of various towns and villages in the southern region and the Bekaa Valley in the east.

Al-Mayadeen reported that strikes in southern Lebanon resulted in at least four fatalities and more than 26 injuries.

Additionally, state media indicated that a rocket struck an uninhabited mountainside east of Jbeil, a historic coastal town north of Beirut, also known as Byblos.

The Lebanese health ministry further reported that an Israeli strike in the Hermel region, located in the northeast, resulted in one death and six injuries.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry has called on hospitals in the southern regions of Nabatiyeh and Baalbek-Hermel to halt all non-essential surgeries in order to focus on treating individuals injured due to the ongoing increase in Israeli military actions against Lebanon.

The Israeli military reports that it has conducted more than 300 air strikes targeting what it asserts are Hezbollah positions in Lebanon.

The Israeli military announced on Monday that it has instructed residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes, indicating that it plans to conduct “extensive strikes” against Hezbollah.

Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee stated that attacks on residential areas and other sites in Lebanon are “imminent.”

According to a Reuters reporter, residents in southern Lebanon are receiving calls from a Lebanese number instructing them to move at least one kilometer away from locations identified by Israel as Hezbollah targets.

Additionally, residents of Beirut are reportedly receiving text messages, allegedly from the Israeli army, urging them to evacuate their areas promptly, as reported by Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).

Minister of Information Ziad Makary has also received a voicemail advising the evacuation of his building, according to the agency.