BEIRUT, March 23 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment of a residential building in the Hazmieh area, southeast of Beirut, on Monday afternoon, according to Lebanon's Public Health Ministry and official National News Agency (NNA).
Hazmieh Mayor Jean Asmar, who inspected the site, said the rest of the building's residents are safe, though the strike caused significant material damage.
Meanwhile, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on social media platform X that the Israel Defense Forces attacked a saboteur from the Quds Force unit in Beirut shortly before the airstrike.
Also on Monday, Lebanese media and security source said Israeli warplanes destroyed al-Dalafa Bridge, one of Lebanon's largest bridges, over the Litani River in eastern Lebanon.
Earlier in the day, the NNA reported that Israeli warplanes destroyed the Arzi bridge over the Litani River in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said its headquarters in the southern town of Naqoura came under gunfire and was hit by shrapnel and projectile fragments, forcing peacekeepers to remain in shelters. UNIFIL said it believes the projectile was fired by a non-state actor.
On March 2, Hezbollah said it launched rockets from Lebanon toward Israel, the first such attack since a ceasefire was declared on Nov. 27, 2024. Israel subsequently launched a military campaign against the group, including intensive airstrikes on areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, as well as Beirut's southern suburbs.
The total death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 1,039, with 2,876 people injured, Lebanon's Public Health Ministry said Monday.
