Death toll following Israeli strikes on Lebanon rises to 274, health minister says
Lebanon’s health minister has said that 274 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, including 21 children and 31 women. More than 1,000 people have been injured.
These figures come on top of the dozens killed and thousands injured last week when pagers and walkie-talkies were detonated inside Lebanon in what is widely attributed to have been an Israeli attack attempting to target Hezbollah operatives.
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