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Death toll from Israeli strike on Beirut rises to 37
21 September 2024 15:04 BST
The death toll from Israel's strike on a densely populated area in Beirut has risen t0 at least 37, Lebanon's health ministry said on Saturday.
The figure included three children and seven women, the ministry said.
Hezbollah said that 16 of its members were among those killed on Friday, including senior military commander Ibrahim Aqil. Ahmed Wahbi, another top commander, was also killed.
There were heavy cross-border attacks on Saturday, with Israeli forces striking southern Lebanon and Hezbollah claiming rocket attacks on targets in Israel's north.
They come after two days of Israeli detonations of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah, with the death toll from those attacks rising to 39, with over 3,000 others wounded.