Lebanon Reports 3,783 Deaths Since Hezbollah Attack on Israel Sparked March-June 2026 Fighting

Lebanon recorded at least 3,783 deaths and 11,699 wounded between March 2 and June 14, 2026, according to the country's health ministry. The death toll included 247 children, 363 women and 133 healthcare workers. The ministry's figures do not distinguish between civilians and combatants, and Hezbollah has not stated how many of its fighters were killed.

-Iran ceasefire was reached. It also surpasses the 3,768 deaths recorded during the 2023-2024 Israel-Hezbollah war. At least 28 Israeli soldiers and four Israeli civilians have been killed in Lebanon during the current conflict, according to a Reuters tally of Israeli military announcements.

The conflict spread to Lebanon on March 2, 2026, when Iran-backed Hezbollah fired on Israel in support of Tehran, triggering an Israeli air and ground campaign. -Israeli strikes on Iran more than three months earlier. A deal between Washington and Tehran is set to end the regional war.

More than 68,000 housing units across Lebanon were damaged or destroyed between March 2 and May 17, 2026, according to Lebanon's National Council for Scientific Research. Nearly 30,000 of those units are in the three southernmost districts, and more than 8,000 are in Beirut and its southern suburbs.

In a June 2026 report, the United Nations Development Programme said damage in Beirut and the southern suburbs alone reached $365 million.

2 million people have been displaced by Israel's airstrikes and evacuation warnings since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. Israel's military ordered the entire evacuation of Beirut's southern suburbs for the first time during this war. -Iran deal was announced, many displaced residents did not return home because they had no homes to return to or were skeptical the ceasefire would hold in Lebanon.