An Israeli airstrike killed 12 Lebanese rescue workers at a civil defence center in Baalbek. Lebanese emergency workers searched for survivors. The attack is part of escalating conflict affecting Lebanon,

At least 26 people were killed on Thursday in Israeli airstrikes in eastern and southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities. Twelves bodies were retrieved from rubble after an Israeli strike targeted a civil defence centre in the eastern town of Baalbek,

The deaths on Wednesday made it one of the most lethal days for the Israeli military since it invaded Lebanon last month to battle Hezbollah fighters.