The death toll from the Israeli bombing of southern Lebanon on Monday rose to at least 200 people, including 146 Hezbollah fighters, who died during more than three months of escalation of the war in the Gaza Strip, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse.
Hezbollah mourned two of its fighters, saying that each of them "rose as a martyr on the road to Jerusalem," a phrase it uses to mourn its members who have been killed by Israeli fire since the start of the escalation.
Thus, the total number of deaths in southern Lebanon rose to two hundred, according to a tally compiled by Agence France-Presse based on obituary data from Hezbollah and other groups, including Palestinian factions, in addition to official and civil sources.
Among the dead were 25 civilians, including three journalists and two paramedics, in addition to a member of the Lebanese army and 20 fighters, divided equally between the Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements.
This death toll does not include the deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, Saleh Al-Arouri, who was killed along with six of his companions this month in an air strike in the southern suburb of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, on Saturday to Israel.
In addition to those killed in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah mourned 16 fighters it said had been killed by Israeli fire in Syria since the start of the war in Gaza.
In Israel, the army counted the deaths of nine soldiers and six civilians.
Since the outbreak of war in Gaza on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a daily exchange of bombardments.
Hezbollah announces that it is targeting Israeli military sites and points in support of Gaza and “in support of its resistance,” while the Israeli army responds with air and artillery bombardment, which it says targets the party’s “infrastructure” and fighter movements near the border.
Hezbollah announced on Monday that it had targeted concentrations of Israeli soldiers and military sites.
The National News Agency reported Israeli strikes on border towns on Monday, causing serious damage to a secondary school in the town of Taybeh.
The Israeli bombing forced more than 83,000 Lebanese to flee their homes, according to data from the International Organization for Migration.
Residents and AFP photographers report widespread destruction of homes and damage to lands and agricultural crops due to Israeli bombing, especially in border villages.
In recent weeks, Israel has been accused of carrying out several strikes targeting Iranian military leaders and others from groups loyal to Tehran in Syria and Lebanon, raising fears that the scope of the conflict will expand regionally.
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