Death toll rises to 31 from Israeli’s strike on southern Beirut which killed Hezbollah commander
The number of people killed in the Israeli missile strike on a multistory building in south Beirut has risen to 31, the Lebanese health minister Firass Abiad says.
Abiad said at a news conference Saturday that those killed included three children and seven women.
Three Syrian citizens had been killed, he said, and 68 people had been wounded.
It comes after Hezbollah confirmed at least 16 of its operatives, including high level commanders, were killed in Friday’s airstrike.
Rescue teams were still clearing the rubble Saturday, Abiad said, and searching for missing people. They had retrieved body parts that are unidentifiable.
The minister also updated the death toll from the explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies which targeted Hezbollah members earlier this week to 39; 12 on Tuesday and 27 on Wednesday.
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