Lebanon's civil defense says its teams have evacuated 16 fatalities and 12 wounded from Israeli strikes in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon. The figures, reported by a single Lebanese source, do not distinguish between combatants and civilians and have not been independently verified. The IDF has not commented.
New casualty figures from the Nabatieh area, an ongoing focus of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, emerged Saturday afternoon. Lebanon's civil defense reported that its rescue teams had evacuated 16 bodies and 12 wounded from strike zones in Nabatieh district. The agency provided no breakdown between combatants and civilians, nor details on specific targets.
This brings the latest toll from the broader Nabatieh area; as The Zioneer reported earlier this week, the Lebanese Health Ministry recorded 18 killed and 40 wounded in southern Lebanon on Friday, and the civil defense had previously recovered 70 bodies from Kafra and Hadatha after fighting subsided.
Israeli military operations in the Nabatieh area have continued for over a week. The IDF has not issued a statement on today's reported toll. The figures remain single-source and unverified.
### what remains open Whether the 16 killed today are combatants or civilians; the exact targets struck; and whether the IDF will issue a response.
2 developments
- DevelopingLebanese media: Multiple operatives killed in the same IDF strike in southern Lebanon
- DevelopingLebanese report: IDF renews ground activity in Nabatieh sector this morning
- StrongAl-Mayadeen: Israeli airstrikes kill 'several' in three Nabatieh towns
- ConfirmedIDF reportedly strikes Nabatieh area after Hezbollah fire at Israeli forces
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