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Middle East conflict

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon exceeds 2,500 — health ministry

7,755 people have been injured

BEIRUT, April 26. /TASS/. At least 13 people died and 30 were injured after Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon during the past day, despite the ceasefire that has been in force since April 17, the country’s health ministry said.

"The overall death toll since the outbreak of the ongoing armed escalation on March 2 has climbed to 2,509, with 7,755 people being injured," it said in a statement posted on its X page.

The country’s interior ministry said earlier that Sunday’s Israeli attacks on the southern province of Nabatieh have forced a lot of people to flee their home for the country’s northern regions.

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