3,433 killed

At least 3,433 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since March 2, Health Ministry says

By Charbel Mallo and Catherine Nicholls

At least 3,433 people have been killed and 10,395 have been wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2, the Lebanese Health Ministry said in an update today.

Of that total, at least 21 were killed in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry.

The Lebanese Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tolls. But it said on Saturday that at least 240 of those killed were children, 326 were women and an additional 127 were healthcare workers.

A US-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon went into effect at midnight on April 17. That day, the total number of people killed by Israeli strikes in the country since March 2 was 2,294, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

More than 1,100 people have been killed since then, the ministry’s figures show.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has continued to strike what it has said are Hezbollah targets in Lebanon during the current truce, while the Lebanese Shiite militant group has said it is attacking Israeli forces in response to the IDF’s continued attacks.