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Lebanese health minister highlights staggering toll from final months of war

Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad revealed that the overwhelming majority of casualties in the 14-month Israeli war on the country occurred in its final months. Of the 4,047 people killed during the conflict, 3,402—or 84 percent—lost their lives during this period.

Similarly, the recent Health Ministry data showed that 88 percent of the 16,638 injured were wounded in the war's closing months.