DUBAI, UAE - The Lebanese health ministry reported that Israeli airstrikes on several regions across Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 23 people and injured nearly 100 others.

According to a statement from the public health emergency operations center, “the airstrikes targeted towns and villages in southern Lebanon, Nabatieh, the Beqaa Valley, Baalbek-Hermel, Mount Lebanon, and northern Lebanon.”

The Lebanese National News Agency said the strikes resulted in “a total of 23 deaths and 93 injuries.”

Airstrikes also targeted Health Authority centers in the southern towns of Joya, Majdal Zoun, and Ainata, killing at least three paramedics, according to local media.

In a statement released on Saturday evening, Hezbollah claimed that more than 25 Israeli elite officers and soldiers have been killed, and more than 130 others injured, since Israel's trials for ground aggression into southern Lebanon began in early October.

The group said that while Israel has acknowledged some of these casualties, more will be revealed in the coming days.

The group also confirmed it is continuing to target concentrations of Israeli soldiers in barracks, military sites, and settlements along the Lebanese border with artillery, rockets, and heavy machine guns, claiming direct hits.

The Israeli military previously acknowledged the death of eight soldiers, including three officers, on the first day of its ground aggression. Local media also reported over 30 wounded soldiers. On Saturday, the Israeli military confirmed an additional 38 soldiers injured in the previous 24 hours in southern Lebanon, the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.