More than 1,000 people killed in Lebanon as Israeli bombardment continues

19-Mar-2026

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Israeli attacks across Lebanon have left more than 1,000 people killed, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment of the country may amount to war crimes.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health said on March 20 that Israeli attacks have killed 1,001 people in Lebanon since March 2, including 79 women, 118 children and 40 healthcare workers. More than 2,584 people have been wounded.

Israeli attacks on Lebanon intensified in early March after Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

The Israeli bombardment has forced more than one million people out of their homes across the country’s south and several parts of the capital, Beirut.