BEIRUT/TEHRAN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- At least 47 people were killed and 97 others injured in intensive Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon from midnight until Friday afternoon, according to an updated toll released by Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operations Center.
The strikes hit multiple areas in southern and eastern Lebanon, including the districts of Nabatieh, Tyre, Bint Jbeil, Jezzine, and Baalbek, the center said.
Among the dead were victims of an airstrike on Ain Bourday and another on a farm in the town of Jamaliyeh, both in the Baalbek district. Other casualties were reported from drone strikes in the town of Rihan in Jezzine and along the Deir al-Zahrani-Nabatieh highway.
The strikes came despite the recently signed U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU), which stipulates an end to military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.
In a statement, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei strongly condemned Israel's continued attacks against Lebanon.
He stressed that ending the war in Lebanon has been explicitly considered an "integral" part of the U.S.-Iran MoU, adding the United States is directly responsible for the present circumstances in Lebanon.
Baghaei said Iran would adopt all necessary measures to protect its interests, security and rights as well as those of its allies.
Meanwhile, Israel's Channel 12 reported Friday, citing an Israeli official, that Israel and Hezbollah had reached a ceasefire agreement. ■
