Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon tops 2000, 41800 on Gaza

Israel has continued to launch massive airstrikes in Lebanon in addition to Gaza. According to Turkish news agency Anadolu Ajansı, the number of people killed in Gaza has exceeded 41,800 in the ongoing assaults by Israel for last one year. On the other hand, the death toll in Lebanon has exceeded 2,000.

In the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, at least 14 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli genocide, bringing the overall death toll since last October 7 to 41,802, the Health Ministry in the war-torn territory said on Friday (October 4). 

A ministry statement added that some 96,844 others were injured in the ongoing assault.

“Israeli forces killed 14 people and injured 50 others in three massacres of families in the last 24 hours,” the ministry said.

“Many people are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on last October 7.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon has reached 2,011, with 9,535 wounded since October 8, 2023, according to local authorities on Friday (October 4).

In a report by the Disaster Risk Management Unit, officials said that around 153 Israeli airstrikes and shelling targeted various areas across Lebanon on Thursday alone, primarily focusing on the southern regions and Beirut’s southern suburbs. The strikes resulted in 37 deaths and 151 injuries in just one day, adding to the mounting casualties since the conflict’s escalation last month.

The number of officially registered displaced persons sheltering at government centers has also increased to 172,100, spread across 931 facilities nationwide.

Israel has intensified airstrikes on what it calls Hezbollah targets across Lebanon since September 23, with the Lebanese Health Ministry reporting more than 1,100 deaths from these attacks.

The massive Israeli bombardment marks an escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, triggered by Tel Aviv’s brutal offensive on Gaza, which has claimed over 41,800 lives, primarily women and children, since a Hamas attack last year.

International voices have expressed concern that Israeli operations in Lebanon could widen the conflict in Gaza into a broader regional war.