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· collected 2026-09-06 · by Al Jazeera Staff
Lebanese health authorities report that since October 2023, Israeli attacks have killed nearly 9,000 people and injured over 30,600 others in Lebanon. The numbers include 8,920 deaths and 30,595 injuries from October 2023 to September 2026, with a significant spike in violence since March 2 when 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries were recorded. According to the UNHCR, there are still 360,000 displaced people, including at least 22,000 living in collective shelters, as a result of Israeli aggression. The article highlights the ongoing conflict despite two US-brokered peace agreements signed in June that have been met with resistance from Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem.
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Since October 2023, Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed at least 8,920 people, including 4,358 who died since March 2, and injured nearly 30,600 others. These numbers are based on a statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health. The attacks have also targeted ambulance crews, with 179 incidents reported since March 2, resulting in the deaths of 135 healthcare workers. Meanwhile, 360,000 people remain displaced due to Israeli aggression, including at least 22,000 living in collective shelters, according to the UNHCR. These numbers come as Israel continues its military occupation of southern Lebanon despite two US-brokered "peace" agreements signed in June. The most recent escalation began on March 2, when an Israeli strike killed 31 people in Beirut following a Hezbollah rocket that targeted northern Israel.
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The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past three years has exceeded 8,900, while the number of injured has reached nearly 30,600, according to Lebanese health authorities.
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Israeli attacks from October 2023 to September 2026 killed 8,920 people and injured 30,595 others, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said in a statement on Saturday.
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The numbers included 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries recorded since March 2.
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A report published by the Health Ministry on Wednesday also said that there had been 179 Israeli attacks on ambulance crews since March 2, killing 135 healthcare workers.
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The date marked Israel’s latest intensification of its war on Lebanon.
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On that day, an Israeli strike on Beirut killed 31 people following a Hezbollah rocket that targeted northern Israel.
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According to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, 360,000 people remained displaced by Israeli aggression in August, including at least 22,000 living in collective shelters.
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The figures came amid escalating Israeli violence across southern Lebanon despite two US-brokered “peace” agreements, both signed in June.
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Israel has maintained its military occupation of southern Lebanon since March, when it announced it was installing a “buffer” zone.
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Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the framework agreement, calling it “null and void”, demanding that Israel first end its occupation.
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The agreement did not specifically call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
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On Friday, an Israeli air strike on Kfar Reman, a town in southern Lebanon, killed three people and injured 23 others.
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The Israeli military claimed it cleared Hezbollah fighters in tunnels under the strategic Ali al-Taher bridge.
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Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) also reported on Friday that Israeli raids and artillery shelling targeted seven towns in the Tyre and Nabatieh districts.
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Early on Sunday, Israeli warplanes bombed Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon.
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