Daily death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon exceeds 40 — health ministry

World October 15, 20:32

The biggest number of casualties was reported from the vicinity of the city of Zghorta in northern Lebanon, where twenty-one people were killed and six were wounded

BEIRUT, October 15. /TASS/. Forty-one people died and 124 more were injured as a result of Israeli air raids on Lebanon over the past day, the Public Health Emergency Operations Center under the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.

The biggest number of casualties was reported from the vicinity of the city of Zghorta in northern Lebanon, where twenty-one people were killed and six were wounded. Seventeen people were killed and 79 were wounded in the southern provinces of Nabatieh Saida, and Tyre. Three people were killed and 21 were wounded in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, and eighteen people were injured in Baalbek-Hermel.

The overall death toll from Israeli bombardments and artillery attacks since the outbreak of the current escalation in October 2023 has exceeded 2,400, with around 10,900 people being wounded.

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