Lebanon raises the death toll from Israeli attacks to more than 2,300

Madrid., The Lebanese authorities reported this Monday that more than 2,300 people have died as victims of attacks carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for more than a year, but especially over the last month, when has intensified its offensive against Hezbollah.

Specifically, the Lebanese Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of 2,309 people, while another 10,782 have been injured. The Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours have left three dead and 84 injured, as detailed by the ministry on its social networks.

The three dead from the day before, along with 48 of the wounded, were located in the southern governorate; Another 29 wounded were in Nabatieh, southeastern Lebanon; Five more people have been injured in the Bekah governorate, and two more in Baalbek-Hermel, in the northeast.

Hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah broke out just over a year ago when the Islamist militia launched projectiles against Israeli territory in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and after Hamas attacked Israel, leaving almost 1,200 dead and 240 hostages, which motivated the Israeli response, which totals more than 42,300 deaths.

The Israeli army intensified its offensive against Hezbollah in mid-September with “selective bombings” against positions in southern Lebanon and even neighborhoods of Beirut. These attacks have managed to decapitate the Islamist group with the death of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and some of his possible successors.

The high number of injuries is due to the coordinated explosion in early September of thousands of communication devices – beepers and walkie-talkies – supposedly linked to Hezbollah, which together with its partners quickly came forward to hold Israel responsible, which, without However, he never made a statement on the matter.