Lebanon Reports Over 3,400 Killed Since March Amid Ongoing Israel-Hezbollah Fighting

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 3,412 people have been killed and 10,269 others wounded since March 2 in Israel’s military campaign. The ministry issued the updated toll on May 31. Israeli forces struck dozens of Hezbollah sites across southern Lebanon on May 31, including weapons storage facilities and command centers in the Tyre area and Beaufort Ridge, the Israeli military said.

It also claimed to have killed 900 Hezbollah members since a ceasefire began on April 16. An Israeli air raid on the town of Abbasieh near Tyre killed at least four people, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported. Rescue teams continued searching for survivors at the site.

Israeli forces shot dead 31-year-old Amjad Jawad Abdel Fattah al-Natsha from Hebron near the Etzion junction south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man and said soldiers opened fire on him after the incident.

Magen David Adom and Israeli media said the man rammed his car into civilians at the Gush Etzion junction, injuring a 17-year-old girl with serious lower-limb wounds and a 15-year-old girl with a facial injury.

Israeli forces sealed off the scene and prevented Palestinians from approaching. Lebanon’s Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he can guarantee a full, comprehensive and immediate commitment to a ceasefire by Hezbollah. He added that the question is who will compel Israel to stop its aggression by land, sea and air and its demolition of villages and homes.

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s continuing attacks on Lebanon and the expansion of its ground offensive in the south. It described the campaign as a serious escalation and a flagrant violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and international humanitarian law.