Lebanon's Health Ministry says 18 people were killed and 33 wounded in IDF strikes across southern Lebanon last night, according to the channel Abu Ali Express. The ministry expects the number to rise. The figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians; the IDF has not commented.
Lebanon's Health Ministry released an updated overnight toll on Friday morning, reporting 18 killed and 33 wounded in IDF strikes across southern Lebanon last night. The statement, carried by the channel Abu Ali Express, says the number is expected to rise. The ministry's figures do not differentiate between combatants and civilians; the IDF has not commented on this specific count.
The report follows a heavy wave of IDF strikes on southern Lebanon that began around midnight, which the desk first covered at 08:07 Jerusalem with Lebanese sources reporting 23 fatalities across nine towns. By that time, the IDF had struck more than 20 villages, residents in the Nabatieh area had begun evacuating north, and the strikes had expanded to include the western Bekaa Valley. The Health Ministry's official count this morning—18 dead, 33 wounded—is lower than the earlier informal figure of 23, though it only covers the overnight period and is expected to rise.
Earlier this week, on June 18, Lebanese sources reported three killed in a separate round of strikes, and the Zioneer has documented the ministry's cumulative toll climbing from 3,696 killed and 11,413 wounded on June 10 to 3,884 killed and 11,856 wounded by June 17. The IDF's own reported casualty figures for the campaign since March 2 include 30 soldiers killed and over 1,300 wounded, as The Zioneer reported on June 12.
The overnight toll comes from a single source—Abu Ali Express citing the Health Ministry—and has not been independently verified. The ministry's figures do not distinguish combatants from civilians, and the IDF has not commented on this specific count.
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