Lebanese sources report 18 people killed and 40 wounded in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, according to a statement from Ghannam Ibrahim cited by Israeli broadcaster N12. The figures update an earlier Health Ministry toll of 18 killed and 33 wounded reported Friday morning, though this new count adds 7 more wounded. The IDF has not commented.
The casualty toll from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon has risen again, with Lebanese figure Ghannam Ibrahim reporting 18 killed and 40 wounded as of midday Friday. The update adds seven more wounded to the count that the Lebanese Health Ministry had provided at 08:07 Friday morning, which stood at 18 killed and 33 wounded. The death toll has remained unchanged across both reports; neither source has distinguished between combatants and civilians, and the IDF has not commented on the new figures.
The Friday morning thread began at 08:07 Jerusalem time, when The Zioneer first reported the Israeli Air Force striking Tebnit, al-Duwayr, and Tulin, before expanding to more than 20 villages as residents began evacuating the Nabatieh area northward. By that same hour, Lebanese sources cited by Abu Ali Express reported 23 fatalities across nine towns and the Beqaa region — a toll that the Health Ministry's overnight count and Ibrahim's midday statement later consolidated to 18 dead. The ministry's overnight toll was reported at 11:05 Jerusalem; Ibrahim's update, cited by N12, arrived hours later.
The Zioneer has previously reported that the Lebanese Health Ministry's cumulative toll since March 2 stood at 3,884 killed and 11,856 wounded as of Wednesday June 17. Those figures, like the current reports, are not independently verified and do not differentiate combatants from civilians.
The key open question remains whether the death toll will rise further — the Health Ministry had earlier indicated it expected the number to increase. The IDF has yet to provide any comment or casualty assessment regarding the strikes.
12 developments
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- StrongLebanese Health Ministry: 3 killed, 6 wounded in Israeli strike on Baalbek area
- DevelopingLebanese media: Multiple operatives killed in the same IDF strike in southern Lebanon
- Developing18 killed, IDF strikes 150 targets in South Lebanon as ceasefire violations mount
Source and signal
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