You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Lebanon Death Toll Tops 630 as Israel Continues Relentless Bombing Campaign

HeadlineMar 12, 2026

Israel is continuing its relentless bombardment of Lebanon, where authorities say more than 630 people — at least 91 of them children — have been killed over the past week. More than 816,000 people have been registered as “displaced” due to Israeli forced evacuation orders and airstrikes. Among the latest attacks was an overnight “double tap” strike on Beirut’s beachfront, targeting a tent camp housing displaced Lebanese families. At least eight people were killed and 21 injured by the Israeli strikes, which came without warning at 3 a.m. In southern Lebanon, mourners gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Lebanese Red Cross volunteer Youssef Assaf, who was killed in an Israeli strike.

Alexy Nehme: “What happened was that we were present in an area trying to evacuate wounded people, and a bomb fell among them. Two of our young men were targeted. One of them is still in the hospital undergoing treatment and surgeries.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top