Beirut: At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon's Health Ministry and National News Agency (NNA) said.

According to Anadolu Agency, the latest attacks resulted in the deaths of five people, including children, and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the town of Seir al-Gharbiya in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district.

At least 25 medical, nursing, and administrative staff members at Hiram Hospital in southern Lebanon sustained injuries in Israeli airstrikes that targeted the immediate vicinity of the facility. The ministry reported that the strikes caused injuries among staff members at the hospital in the Tyre district and led to significant damage to the facility.

The ministry's statement highlighted that this marked the second time in less than two months that the hospital faced such dangers due to repeated Israeli attacks. It emphasized that the strikes serve as evidence of violations of international humanitarian law, which protects health facilities.

Further attacks included Israeli strikes on an orchard in the Baqbouq area north of Tyre, killing five people and injuring two others. The body of a woman remained trapped under the rubble due to the intensity of the airstrikes. In a separate incident, an Israeli drone strike on a road between Ain Baal and Housh in the Tyre district resulted in one death. Another strike targeted Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district overnight, destroying a house and killing four people.

Since the onset of Israeli assaults on Lebanon in March, at least 3,123 people have been killed, 9,506 injured, and more than 1.6 million displaced, as reported by the Lebanese Health Ministry. Despite a US-mediated ceasefire that formally came into effect on April 17 and was extended until early July, Israeli attacks continue across Lebanon.