Residents inspecting their properties the day after an Israeli bombardment in the border village of Adaisseh, March 5, 2024. (Credit: Hassan Fneich/AFP)
On Wednesday, the Health Ministry published its latest assessment on the clashes between Hezbollah and Israel in southern Lebanon. Based on hospital data up to and including May 28, 2024, it counts a total of 1,534 victims since Oct. 8, 2023, including 375 deaths and 257 wounded requiring hospitalization.
Of the total number of victims recorded, both dead and injured, 88 percent were men and 96 percent were Lebanese nationals, 57 percent of whom were aged between 25 and 44. Of the injuries recorded by the ministry, 45 percent were due to trauma caused by Israeli bombardment, 34 percent to explosions and 16 percent to exposure to chemical products.
The ministry did not give a breakdown of the number of people displaced from southern Lebanon since Oct. 8, the start of the conflict, according to figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
These regular assessments published by the Health Ministry are based exclusively on hospital figures, while other data is made public by other sources. According to a count published by L'Orient Today on Wednesday, 321 Hezbollah members alone have been killed since Oct. 8 and the total number of casualties in Lebanon is 432 people.