BEIRUT, November 6. /TASS/. Forty-five people died and 59 more were injured in Israeli air raids on neighborhoods in the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, the Al Jadeed television channel reported.

According to the television channel, Israeli warplanes carried out 33 attacks in what is called the most massive airstrike on Lebanon’s eastern and northeastern areas since the beginning of the ongoing escalation in October 2023.

Governor of the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate Bashir Khodr said earlier that the death toll from the Israeli attack stood at 36, with most of casualties being reported from the Brital, Taraya, and Younine neighborhoods.

In Baalbek, a missile hit a parking lot near the archaeological site encompassing the ruins of an ancient Roman town, a UNESCO World Heritage site. No data on possible damage to the ancient monuments was provided.