Sri Lanka, March 25 -- Lebanon's Health Ministry said Tuesday that the death toll from ongoing Israeli strikes on the country has risen to 1,072, with 2,966 people wounded since March 2, Anadolu reports.

In its daily report, the ministry said 33 people were killed and 90 others wounded in the past 24 hours.

Earlier, the ministry said that at least 17 people were killed and 20 others injured Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeting residential buildings and areas across Lebanon.

An Israeli strike on the town of Bashamoun in the Aley district of Mount Lebanon killed two people and injured five others in a preliminary toll, the ministry said in a statement.

The NNA reported that Israeli warplanes destroyed a house i...