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Lebanon says 100 dead in Israeli strikes on south: new toll

Published: 23 Sep 2024 - 02:33 pm | Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024 - 02:35 pm
Smoke billows from a site targeted by Israeli shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam in Marjeyoun on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Rabih Daher / AFP)

Smoke billows from a site targeted by Israeli shelling in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam in Marjeyoun on September 23, 2024. (Photo by Rabih Daher / AFP)

AFP

Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli strikes on the south killed 100 people and wounded more than 400 others on Monday, the worst toll in nearly a year of cross-border clashes.

"Enemy raids on southern towns and villages since this morning... killed 100 and injured more than 400," the health ministry said in a statement updating earlier figures, adding that "children, women and paramedics" were among the casualties.