BEIRUT: Lebanon health ministry reported on Friday that 60 people were killed and 168 others injured in the last 24 hours. This update came just hours after Israeli troops fired on the headquarters of United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second consecutive day.
These latest figures bring the total death toll from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hezbollah to 2,229, with 10,380 wounded over the past year.
The casualty count marked a significant increase, with 22 people killed and 117 injured due to two Israeli strikes in central Beirut, which resulted in the collapse of two residential buildings housing families and displaced individuals.
The crisis response unit reported 57 airstrikes and shelling incidents in the past day, primarily affecting southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley.
Approximately 1,032 centers—encompassing educational complexes, vocational institutes, universities, and other institutions—are currently sheltering 187,000 displaced people, including 39,000 families. 837 of these shelters have reached full capacity.
Despite the major border crossing between Lebanon and Syria being closed following an Israeli strike on the road last week, crowds continue to seek safety in Syria. From September 23 to October 9, Lebanese General Security recorded 317,457 Syrian citizens and 115,044 Lebanese citizens crossing into Syria.
Meanwhile, Brazil’s fourth repatriation flight departed from Beirut on Friday, carrying 211 passengers, including 12 infants. This flight is scheduled to land in Sao Paulo on Saturday morning after a stop in Lisbon.
The Brazilian government has successfully evacuated 885 individuals and 11 pets from Lebanon in just one week. With around 21,000 Brazilians residing in Lebanon, which hosts the largest Brazilian community in the Middle East, two Brazilian teenagers have been killed in the ongoing Israeli bombardments.
The Brazilian Embassy in Beirut remains in contact with Brazilian citizens and their close family members to organize further repatriation flights as security conditions allow.
