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Health Ministry confirms 558 dead in Lebanon from Israeli attacks

Beirut, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The Minister of Public Health in the interim government of Lebanon, Firas Al-Abyad, confirmed today 558 dead and 1,835 wounded as a consequence of Israel's aggression.

In a press conference, he indicated that 55 children and 94 women died from the air raids since yesterday against the south of the country, Bekaa and Baalbek.

Al-Abyad reported several deaths and injuries among health personnel as a result of Israeli brutality.

For its part, the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen mourned the death of colleague Hadi al-Sayyed, of the online newsroom, who was killed in an Israeli raid on his home in southern Lebanon.

According to the National Crisis Committee, 150 schools sheltered about 16,500 displaced people from several regions of the south.

In the morning, Israeli warplanes raids targeted the towns of Al-Aqibiya, Aitait, Maaraka, Nabatieh al-Fawqa, Siddiqin, Markaba, Aytit, Majdal Zoun, Al-Qalila and the mountains of al-Batem and Debaal in the south of the country.

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