Overview
- More than 2,100 people have been killed in six weeks of Israeli strikes in Lebanon, including about 168 children, according to Associated Press reporting.
- Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah and that its operations follow the laws of war, while Israel reports at least two civilian and 13 soldier deaths in the cross-border fighting.
- Families and witnesses say strikes have hit homes and apartments far from front lines, and some accuse Israel of committing war crimes because of the high civilian toll.
- Named cases from March include 11-year-old Jawad Younes killed in a March 27 strike in Saksakieh, 3-year-old Taline Shehab and her father killed when an Aramoun apartment collapsed on March 12, and 10-year-old Zeinab al-Jabali killed in a March 5 blast in the Bekaa.
- Doctors in Beirut report many children dying after buildings collapse on them, and residents describe staying in towns like Saksakieh despite evacuation notices because they lacked safe options.