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Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since last October surpasses 2,300

A total of 51 people were killed and 174 others injured over the last 24 hours.

14 Oct 2024 10:16am
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on Oct 13, 2024, amid the continuing war between Hezbollah and Israel. - (Photo by AFP)
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on Oct 13, 2024, amid the continuing war between Hezbollah and Israel. - (Photo by AFP)

BEIRUT - The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since last October rose to 2,306, with 10,698 others injured, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Sunday.

According to Anadolu Agency, the ministry in a statement said 51 people were killed and 174 others injured over the last 24 hours.

Israel has mounted massive airstrikes across Lebanon against what it claims are Hezbollah targets since Sept 23, killing at least 1,488 people, injuring over 4,297 others, and displacing more than 1.34 million people.

The aerial campaign is an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah since the start of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, in which Israel has killed over 42,200 people, most of them women and children, since October last year.

Despite international warnings that the Mideast was on the brink of a regional war amid Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza and Lebanon, it expanded the conflict on Oct 1 by launching an incursion into southern Lebanon. - BERNAMA

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