Though the strikes spared the capital, Israeli warplanes carried out wave after wave of strikes across Lebanon throughout the evening and into the early hours of Tuesday. The BBC counted dozens of attacks across nearly 50 locations.
A man and his wife were killed in a strike on their home in the southern town of Arab Salim on Monday evening, and two other people were killed in the village of Kauthariyet El Rez, according to NNA.
Overnight, several homes in Mashghara were destroyed in Israeli strikes.
The Lebanese health ministry said the bodies of 11 people, among them one woman and two children, were pulled from the rubble. Another 15 people were injured, it added.
These included a young boy, Mohammed. Videos show rescue crews in the middle of the night frantically digging through the rubble as two tiny arms poke through a hole they’ve made. Caked in dirt and dust, they finally pulled the seven-year-old to safety.
“When I woke up, I felt like I couldn’t move, and beside me was just darkness,” Mohammad tells the BBC as he lies in his hospital bed surrounded by family.
“I heard the sound of the guys who were rescuing me. They took a long time to pull me out.”
His head was wrapped in bandages, and his legs and arms were also covered in cuts and scratches.