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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Lebanon’s health ministry lowers death toll back to 9, tally of injured down to 2,750
Lebanon’s health ministry denies the widespread reports that the death toll in the country from the Hezbollah pager explosions has risen to 11 and some 4,000 have been injured, lowering the tallies to those that were previously given by the ministry.
The confirmed death toll is thus 9, and the tally of injured is 2,750.