Media reported the death toll in IDF strike on Beirut suburb rises to 37
The number of dead in the Israeli strike on the suburbs of Beirut has grown to 37. This was reported on Saturday, September 21, with reference to the Lebanese Ministry of Health by the TV station Al-Jazeera.
"Urgent. Ministry of health of Lebanon: 37 dead in the attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut," - stated in a message in the Telegram-channel.
It is also noted that the rubble at the site of the tragedy in Dahiyeh is still being cleared.
Earlier in the day it was reported about the death of 31 people. Lebanese Health Minister Firas Abyad added that another 68 people were injured and hospitalized in 12 hospitals. Fifty-three of the injured have now been discharged, while two of those who remain under the care of doctors are in critical condition. He indicated that three children and seven women were among the dead. The children were four, six and 10 years old.
Israel's strike on the Lebanese capital was targeted - the IDF sought to eliminate Hezbollah Shiite commander Ibrahim Aqil, who is a member of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement's top military body, the Jihad Council. The movement confirmed Akil's death. According to the Jewish state's army, other senior Hezbollah leaders who were part of the Radwan force, a special unit within the Shiite group's ranks, were killed along with him. Two residential buildings collapsed in the city after the strike.
The IDF said on Sept. 19 that its military carried out a series of attacks on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, hitting 100 launchers and facilities of the group. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant said before that the Jewish state was shifting forces to the northern front because of the start of a new phase of the war.
The situation in the Middle East escalated on the morning of October 7, 2023, when the Palestinian radical movement Hamas subjected Israel's territory to a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip, as well as invaded border areas in the south of the country and took hostages. On the same day, Israel began retaliatory strikes.
