Lebanon says almost 2 000 killed in one year of Israel attacks

A total of 1 974 people have been killed, including 127 children, and 9 384 injured since the start of the Israeli attacks on Lebanon over the last year, the country’s health minister Firass Abiad said on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, smoke was seen from Marjayoun rising in southern Lebanon as hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah intensify.

Israel, which has been fighting with Hamas in Gaza for almost a year, sent its troops into southern Lebanon after two weeks of intense airstrikes, escalating tensions in a conflict that risks drawing in the United States and Iran.

Israel’s military urged residents of over 20 towns in south Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately on Thursday as it pressed on with an incursion after suffering its worst losses in a year of fighting Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, a growing number of countries evacuated citizens from Beirut on Thursday as Israel’s bombing of the Lebanese capital intensified and governments worldwide urged their citizens to get out.

Israel has sent its troops into southern Lebanon after two weeks of intense airstrikes, in an escalating conflict that has drawn in Iran and risks drawing in the United States. Israel’s military bombed the heart of Beirut on Thursday, after Israeli forces suffered their worst losses on the Lebanese front in a year of clashes with the Iran-backed group.

Dozens of Greeks and Greek Cypriots boarded a Greek military aircraft at Beirut airport, many of them children clutching soft toys and school bags. In the cramped conditions onboard, some played with glow sticks, while others slept on their parents’ laps as the plane left behind the smoking city below.

Source: eNCA

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