Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 3,136

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Death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 3,136

2024-11-10 09:55 Last Updated At：11-11 01:07

The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since the beginning of the latest round of Israeli-Hezbollah conflict on Oct. 8, 2023 had reached 3,136, with injuries rising to 13,979, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Saturday.

The ministry said in a notice that Israel launched air strikes on many places in the Baalbek-Hermel Governorate in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least 20 people.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on Saturday saying that in the past week, it launched operations in the suburbs of southern Lebanon, discovering and destroying Hezbollah's weapons and intelligence facilities.

The IDF also stated that it destroyed about 300 Hezbollah infrastructure facilities, killed some armed personnel and discovered Hezbollah's underground facilities in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah said on the same day that its fighters fired rockets at Haifa and other places in northern Israel, and attacked Israeli soldiers' assembly points in many places. Hezbollah also claimed to have shot down an Israeli Elbit Hermes 450 drone.

The ongoing clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began on Oct. 8, 2023 -- one day after Hamas launched an attack on Israel. Since Sept. 23 this year, the Israeli army has intensified its airstrikes against Hezbollah across Lebanon, resulting in significant civilian casualties and displacement of residents from many areas.

Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon kill 20, bring total fatalities to 1,021

At least 20 people were killed and 57 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon over the past 24 hours, according to official figures released on Friday.

The latest casualties bring the cumulative death toll to 1,021, with a total of 2,641 people wounded since the escalation of hostilities on March 2.

Meanwhile, displacement continues to rise sharply as ongoing strikes force more residents to flee their homes. A total of 134,616 displaced people are currently sheltering in 644 centers across the country, the figures show.

Efforts to accommodate displaced populations remain under strain as the humanitarian situation deteriorates amid continued airstrikes.

Hezbollah entered the confrontation on March 2 by launching rockets from southern Lebanon toward Israel for the first time since a ceasefire on Nov. 27, 2024, prompting Israel to carry out an intensified military campaign targeting multiple areas across the country.