Lebanon’s health minister says nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in almost a year of conflict.

Health Minister Firas Abiad said Thursday that more than 9,000 have also been wounded in Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023.

What You Need To Know

  • Lebanon’s health minister says nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in almost a year of conflict

  • Health Minister Firas Abiad said Thursday that more than 9,000 have also been wounded in Israeli attacks since Oct. 8, 2023

  • Of the 1,974 killed, 261 were women, 127 were children and 102 were paramedics and health care workers

  • Most were killed in the last month

He says of the 1,974 killed, 261 were women, 127 were children, and 102 paramedics and health care workers also died. Most of them were killed in the last month.

“This is a war crime, there is no doubt about that,” Abiad told journalists Thursday. “International laws are clear to protect these people, I mean, paramedics. Who gave Israel the right to be the judge and the executioner at the same time?”

The World Health Organization said Thursday that at least 28 on-duty medics were killed in the last 24 hours in Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes and a ground incursion.

"Many (other) health workers are not reporting to duty and fled the areas where they work due to bombardements," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during an online press briefing Thursday.