The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced, on Saturday evening, that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the country since October 8, 2023, has risen to "2,968 dead and 13,319 wounded."

The ministry said in a statement that "the Israeli enemy's raids on Lebanon on Friday resulted in 71 dead and 169 wounded."

With these dead and wounded, according to the ministry, the number of victims has risen to "2,968 dead and 13,319 wounded since the beginning of the Israeli aggression."

The ministry stated that the Israeli army launched 109 airstrikes on various areas of Lebanon on Friday, most of them in the governorates of Nabatieh, the South, Baalbek-Hermel (east), and the southern suburbs of Beirut, bringing the total number of its attacks since the beginning of the aggression to "11,876 attacks."