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Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Thursday, April 9, 2026
Lebanon says toll from Israeli strikes yesterday rises to 303 dead
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Lebanese civil defense workers search for casualties in the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike a day earlier in central Beirut, Lebanon, on April 9, 2026. (AP/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon’s health ministry says that the toll from Israel’s strikes yesterday across Lebanon has risen to 303 killed. It says the toll is not final and is expected to rise further as rescue teams are still removing bodies from under the rubble.
The ministry adds that the total toll since March 2 is 1,888 dead and more than 6,000 wounded.
Lebanon’s figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants. Defense Minister Israel Katz asserted today that more than 200 Hezbollah operatives were killed in the strikes yesterday, and more than 1,400 in the ongoing campaign.
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