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Israeli attacks on Lebanon exceed 8,900 deaths and 30,600 injuries over three years

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Lebanese health authorities reported that Israeli attacks from October 2023 to September 2026 caused 8,920 deaths and 30,595 injuries, including 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries since March 2, with 179 attacks on ambulances killing 135 healthcare workers; 360,000 remain displaced amid ongoing violence despite US-brokered peace agreements.

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Israeli attacks on Lebanon have continued since October 2023, with Lebanon reporting over 8,900 deaths and 30,600 injuries; Israel established a buffer zone in southern Lebanon in March 2024, and two US-brokered peace agreements in June 2024 conditioned on Hezbollah’s disarmament were rejected by Hezbollah’s leader Naim Qassem as null and void.

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The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the past three years has exceeded 8,900, while the number of injured has reached nearly 30,600, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israeli attacks from October 2023 to September 2026 killed 8,920 people and injured 30,595 others, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said in a statement on Saturday.

The numbers included 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries recorded since March 2.

A report published by the Health Ministry on Wednesday also said that there had been 179 Israeli attacks on ambulance crews since March 2, killing 135 healthcare workers.

The date marked Israel’s latest intensification of its war on Lebanon. On that day, an Israeli strike on Beirut killed 31 people following a Hezbollah rocket that targeted northern Israel.

According to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, 360,000 people remained displaced by Israeli aggression in August, including at least 22,000 living in collective shelters.

The figures came amid escalating Israeli violence across southern Lebanon despite two US-brokered “peace” agreements, both signed in June.

Israel has maintained its military occupation of southern Lebanon since March, when it announced it was installing a “buffer” zone. The June 26 framework agreement was contingent on Hezbollah’s disarmament.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the framework agreement, calling it “null and void”, demanding that Israel first end its occupation. The agreement did not specifically call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.

On Friday, an Israeli air strike on Kfar Reman, a town in southern Lebanon, killed three people and injured 23 others. The Israeli military claimed it cleared Hezbollah fighters in tunnels under the strategic Ali al-Taher bridge.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) also reported on Friday that Israeli raids and artillery shelling targeted seven towns in the Tyre and Nabatieh districts. There were no reported casualties.

Early on Sunday, Israeli warplanes bombed Zawtar al-Sharqiyah in southern Lebanon.

What to Watch

AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon will continue in the short term despite international pressure.
Likely · Within months
Displacement of civilians in southern Lebanon will persist or increase if attacks continue.
Very likely · Within months

Open Questions

What are the long-term humanitarian consequences of the displacement of 360,000 people in Lebanon?
Will international pressure lead to a ceasefire or Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon?
How will the rejection of the June 26 framework agreement affect future negotiations?
Are there ongoing efforts to protect medical personnel and ambulances in conflict zones?