2,367 killed, 11,088 injured by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon: health ministry

By Xinhua Published: Oct 18, 2024 09:45 AM

This photo taken on Oct. 15, 2024 shows the destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Sahmar, Lebanon. The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Emergency workers check the destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Sahmar, Lebanon, on Oct. 15, 2024. The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Wednesday. (Photo: Xinhua)

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on Oct. 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon on Oct. 15 reached 17 while injuries stood at 182, the ministry added.

It noted that three people were killed and 92 others wounded in the south, while nine were killed and 49 injured in the Nabatieh governorate.

It added that five people were killed and 26 injured in the Bekaa Valley. In the Baalbek Hermel governorate, 15 people were wounded.

Since Sept. 23, the Israeli army has been conducting an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon in an escalation with Hezbollah.

Since Oct. 8, 2023, Hezbollah and the Israeli army have been exchanging fire across the Lebanese-Israeli border amid fears of a broader conflict as the war between Hamas and Israel continues in the Gaza Strip.