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23 killed in Israeli strikes across Lebanon on Saturday: health ministry

Published: 06 Oct 2024 - 11:36 am | Last Updated: 06 Oct 2024 - 12:14 pm
Rubble is scattered along a street in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on the Mreijeh neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 6, 2024. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Rubble is scattered along a street in the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on the Mreijeh neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 6, 2024. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

AFP

Beirut, Lebanon: Israeli strikes killed 23 people across Lebanon on Saturday, the health ministry has said.

"Israeli strikes yesterday on towns and villages of southern Lebanon" and other parts of the country "killed 23 people and wounded 93 others," it said on Sunday, without including casualties in more recent bombardment on Beirut's southern suburbs after midnight.