World News | Lebanon Sees Deadliest Day of Conflict Since 2006 as Israeli Strikes Kill More Than 356

Marjayoun (Lebanon), Sep 23 (AP) Lebanon's health ministry says the death toll from Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Monday has increased to 356, including 24 children.

The barrage is the deadliest since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war as the Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of a widening air campaign against Hezbollah.

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Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since 2006.

More than 1,240 people were wounded in the strikes, the health ministry said — a staggering one-day toll for a country still reeling from a deadly attack on communication devices last week. The death toll surpassed that of Beirut's devastating port explosion in 2020, when hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse detonated, killing at least 218 people and wounding more than 6,000. (AP)

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