BEIRUT, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The cumulative death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 4,057, with 12,121 people wounded, the Lebanese Health Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations Center said Saturday.
In a statement, the center said the updated figures cover the period from March 2 to June 20.
Meanwhile, at least 15 people were killed and several others injured in a series of Israeli drone strikes and air raids across southern Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, according to the Health Ministry and the National News Agency (NNA).
The deadliest attack targeted the town of Qennarit in the Sidon district of southern Lebanon, killing seven people and wounding 13 others, the Health Ministry said in a preliminary toll. Among the injured were five children and five women.
Elsewhere in southern Lebanon, a series of drone strikes killed eight people, including a Syrian national, and injured others, NNA reported.
Israeli drones also targeted several other locations across southern Lebanon, leaving at least one person injured, according to NNA.
The developments came despite a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel that took effect on Friday afternoon.
Israel's Channel 12 News reported Saturday that Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have ordered the military to cease fire in Lebanon.
However, the forces did not withdraw from the territories they hold in southern Lebanon, it reported.
It reported that according to the order, which was made in coordination with the United States, the Israeli military will continue to hold the "Security Zone" in southern Lebanon, and if Hezbollah respects the ceasefire and does not carry out attacks or violations, the military will also stop offensive activity.
