The death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 773, Lebanon's Public Health Emergency Operation Center (PHEOC) said on Friday. Additionally, a total of 1,933 people has been wounded, according to the PHEOC.
On the same day, Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, said that over 822,000 Lebanese have registered as displaced persons, including nearly 300,000 children.
Dujarric told a regular press briefing that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who was visiting Lebanon, announced on Friday a humanitarian aid appeal worth about 300 million U.S. dollars, aiming to provide survival support for about 1 million affected people.
On March 2, Hezbollah announced the launch of rockets from Lebanon toward Israel for the first time since a ceasefire was declared on Nov 27, 2024. Meanwhile, the Israeli army launched what it described as an "offensive military campaign" against Hezbollah, carrying out intense airstrikes on multiple Lebanese areas and border ground incursions.
Death toll from latest Israeli attacks in Lebanon rises to 773
Military targets in Iran's Kharg Island have been "totally obliterated" in the latest U.S. bombing raids, U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday on Truth Social.
"Moments ago, at my direction, the United States Central Command executed one of the most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East, and totally obliterated every MILITARY target in Iran's crown jewel, Kharg Island," the president wrote in the post.
He added that he had "chosen NOT to wipe out the Oil Infrastructure on the Island."
"However, should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision," Trump wrote.
A spokesman from the Iranian Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned on Saturday local time that the "smallest attack on the energy infrastructure and ports" will trigger a "crushing and devastating response".
"In the event of such aggression, all oil and gas infrastructure in the region in which the U.S. and its Western allies are stakeholders will be set on fire and destroyed," he said.
Located about 24 kilometers off the coast of Iran in the Gulf, Kharg Island serves as the export terminal for 90 percent of Iran's oil shipments.
U.S. carries out bombing raids on military targets in Iran's Kharg Island: Trump
U.S. carries out bombing raids on military targets in Iran's Kharg Island: Trump
