More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment of the country may amount to war crimes.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed 1,001 people in Lebanon since March 2, including 79 women, 118 children, and 40 health care workers. More than 2,584 people have been wounded.
Israeli attacks on Lebanon intensified in early March after Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel, in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
The Israeli bombardment has forced more than one million people out of their homes across the country’s south and several parts of the capital, Beirut.
Read more here.
Death Toll Surpasses 1,000 in Lebanon as Israeli Bombardment Continues
03/19/2026
Image
We work side by side with victims to obtain acknowledgment and redress for massive human rights violations, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.