BEIRUT, March 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 17 people were killed on Sunday afternoon in 37 Israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources.
In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike targeting a house and a car repair garage in the center of the town of Doueir killed six members of one family, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported.
Two Israeli strikes on the village of Alma al-Shaab killed Sami Al-Ghafri, the brother of a local priest, and a farmer, the NNA reported.
Israeli artillery shelling targeting about 15 workers, most of them Syrian nationals, at a farm in the town of Yahmar al-Shaqif in Nabatieh district, killed seven Syrian workers, according to the NNA and an unnamed Lebanese Civil Defense official.
Two Israeli strikes on the Ain al-Hilweh camp in the city of Sidon killed one person and injured three others, said the official.
In eastern Lebanon, an Israeli strike targeting an excavator in the village of Brital killed one Syrian national and injured another, the NNA reported.
According to the sources, Israeli airstrikes launched on Sunday morning in southern Lebanon have already killed 40 people.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Health Ministry said Sunday that from March 2 until Sunday noon, the death toll in the country from clashes with Israel has risen to 394, including 83 children and 42 women, with 1,130 injuries. Nine rescue workers have also died. The figure marks a sharp increase from Saturday, when the ministry reported 294 fatalities. ■
