Lebanon reports highest daily death toll in almost a month
Civil defence rescuers search for survivors at the site of an Israeli air strike on the village of Haret Saida, near Lebanon’s southern city of Sidon
Israeli attacks in Lebanon killed 82 people and injured 180 on Monday, the Lebanese health ministry said.
Monday’s figure is the highest reported number of fatalities in a single day since September 30, according to a CNN tally of daily statements from the ministry.
Monday night saw successive Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon, during which multiple cities and towns in the Baalbek-Hermel and Beqaa governorates were targeted, the ministry said.
More than 2,100 people have been killed and more than 10,500 injured in Lebanon since mid-September when Israel stepped up its campaign against Hezbollah, according to CNN’s tally.
At least 33 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon this month
As we’ve reported, at least one Israeli soldier has been killed in southern Lebanon today, according to the Israeli army.
Israeli media is now reporting that at least 33 soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon since the start of the month when Israel launched its ground operation.
More than 600 Israeli soldiers have died in Gaza
We know that these four Israeli soldiers died in an IED [improvised explosive device] explosion that had been set as booby traps in a building they entered in Jabalia. This is not the first casualty that the Israeli army reports from fighting in Jabalia, which it has encircled and laid siege to for more than 23 days.
The number of Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza has surpassed 600. It comes at the time when the Israeli army also announced the death of an Israeli soldier from his wounds in Lebanon.
About 12,000 Israeli soldiers have been injured in the past year on those different fronts that Israel has opened. And 900 in total have been injured since the beginning of the assault on Lebanon.
We have seen over the past few days, successive statements by the Israeli army announcing the death of one, two, sometimes four or five soldiers each day.
