Lebanon says 773 people have died in the country due to the war, including more than 100 children

Explosions in Lebanon KAWNAT HAJU / AFP Lebanon announced this Friday (13) that the number of deaths due to Israeli attacks against Hezbollah during the war in the Middle East reached 773. Of these, more than 100 were children. 📱Download the g1 app to see news in real time and for free. According to the government, 800,000 people were registered as displaced. On Wednesday (11), the Minister of Social Affairs, Haneen Sayed, stated that the number of displaced people who registered their names on a website linked to the ministry reached approximately 816 thousand, including around 126 thousand who are housed in collective shelters. Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging attacks since the first days of the war between the USA, Israel and Iran. The Lebanese group is an ally of the Iranian regime. Since then, in addition to land attacks, Israel has carried out daily bombings against Lebanon, mainly in the capital Beirut. The Israeli Army claims to have already carried out more than 500 air strikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanese territory. Death of Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon raises fears of the spread of war in the region The escalation of threats also occurs amid an increase in bombings from both sides. The Israeli Army said on Thursday that Hezbollah fired around 200 missiles into Israeli territory on Wednesday night, which was the Lebanese group’s “largest bombardment” since the resumption of war between the two sides. Of these, there were “only two or three direct impacts”, according to the ministry. Israel and Hezbollah had a ceasefire in the most recent war between the two, which lasted between October 2023 and October 2024. The truce, however, broke down on May 1 due to the start of the war between Israel, the United States and Iran. READ ALSO Secret border connections and private networks: how desperate Iranians keep in touch with family members abroad US says all six crew members of military plane that crashed in Iraq died Israel threatens to take territories This Thursday (12), Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, threatened to “take territories” in Lebanon if the rebel group Hezbollah does not cease attacks against Israeli territory. “I warned the president of Lebanon [Joseph Aoun] that if the Lebanese government does not know how to control the territory and prevent Hezbollah from threatening the northern communities and firing at Israel, we will take the territory and do it ourselves,” Katz said in a statement. At the same time, Katz also said he had ordered the Army to prepare to “expand” operations in Lebanon, where Israeli soldiers are already operating along the border between the two countries. Israel has been accumulating troops and tanks there, according to news agencies, and there are reports of the presence of ground attacks on Lebanese cities in the far south of the country.

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