Death toll from Israeli onslaught on Lebanon climbs to 2,448

English , Middle East - مشرق وسطٰی , Snippets , / Saturday, October 19th, 2024

Beirut, October 19 (QNA) – The death toll brought by the Israeli assault on Lebanon, since October 2023, has risen to 2,448 fatalities and 11,471 injured, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.
The statement added that the Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon resulted in 36 fatalities and 204 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period, affirming that the detailed figures included 11 fatalities and 95 injured in the southern Lebanon, 23 fatalities and 93 injured in Nabatieh, one fatality and nine injured in Baalbek-Hermel in eastern Lebanon, along with one fatality and 12 injured.
Since October 2023, Lebanon has been exposed to an Israeli offensive, but in the recent days Israel stepped up an unprecedented pace of airstrikes and artillery shelling which significantly targeted Beirut and led to thousands of casualties, in addition to forcing over million people to flee their homes