Lebanon Health Minister Firass Abiad says the Lebanese death toll in more than a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel has reached 4,047, most of them since September, APA reports citing The Times of Israel
The figure does not differentiate between combatants and civilians. The IDF estimates that some 3,500 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in the conflict. Around 100 members of other terror groups have also been reported killed in Lebanon.
“Until now… we have recorded 4,047 dead and 16,638 wounded,” Abiad tells reporters a week after a ceasefire took effect. Most of the deaths occurred after September 15, he says, adding that “we believe the real number may be higher” due to unrecorded deaths.