Lebanon's Health Ministry reports 18 people killed and 40 wounded in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, according to a single unverified Telegram report. The figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. The IDF has not commented on the claim.
The Lebanese Health Ministry has updated its toll from Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon for the third time this morning, now reporting 18 killed and 40 wounded, according to a single source citing the ministry. The figures, published at 13:23 Jerusalem time, revise the earlier ministry count of 18 killed and 33 wounded reported at 08:07 Jerusalem. The new tally adds seven more wounded to the previous number. The IDF has not commented on the updated figures.
The desk first reported a heavy wave of IDF strikes across southern Lebanon beginning before 08:07 Jerusalem Friday, when Lebanese sources said 23 people had been killed in nine towns. By 08:07 Jerusalem, the Health Ministry confirmed 18 dead and 33 wounded from the overnight strikes, with the Abu Ali Express channel reporting the figure. Simultaneously, a separate report citing Ghannam Ibrahim, carried by N12, also put the toll at 18 killed and 40 wounded — a number that the ministry itself has now matched. The Civil Defense organization later reported approximately 30 killed overall, though that figure has not been reconciled with the ministry's count. Throughout the thread, all casualty figures have come from a single Lebanese source each — first Abu Ali Express, then N12, then another Telegram outlet — without independent verification.
The new toll follows months of sustained Israeli operations in southern Lebanon that resumed on March 2. As The Zioneer reported on June 10, the Health Ministry's cumulative count had reached 3,696 killed and 11,413 wounded across the campaign. The IDF announced on June 12 that 30 of its soldiers had been killed and over 1,300 wounded in Lebanon since fighting resumed.
None of the casualty reports released today distinguish between Hezbollah fighters and civilians, and the ministry's latest statement, relayed through a desk-reviewed report, cannot be independently corroborated. The discrepancy between the ministry's 18-killed count and the Civil Defense's estimate of approximately 30 also remains unresolved.
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