The Lebanese Health Ministry announced in its latest report that the death toll from the ongoing war has risen to 1,116, while the number of wounded has reached 3,229.

Authorities estimate that more than one million people have fled their homes this month in the southern region and the capital due to airstrikes and evacuation orders issued by Israel, which has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and the national economy.

Despite international and UN criticism, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intends to establish an empty “buffer zone” in southern Litani River, an area that represents eight percent of Lebanon.

To isolate the territory and cut off access routes, the IDF destroyed several bridges over the Litani River.

The Army ordered this Friday morning the residents of the Sejoud village to abandon their homes due to imminent attacks and simultaneously launched missiles toward the southern region of Beirut, an area considered a Hezbollah stronghold.

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