Nearly 9,000 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2023
More than 179 attacks on ambulance crews recorded since March 2, killing 179 healthcare workers.
![Mourners carry the coffin of Saja Sharara, who was killed on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral procession in Arab Salim village, southern Lebanon [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ap_6a9cbcfbe0b64-1788656891.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
More than 179 attacks on ambulance crews recorded since March 2, killing 179 healthcare workers.
![Mourners carry the coffin of Saja Sharara, who was killed on Thursday in an Israeli airstrike, during her funeral procession in Arab Salim village, southern Lebanon [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ap_6a9cbcfbe0b64-1788656891.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)

![Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, September 5, 2026. [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-05T075328Z_698144029_RC2SCNAEWPZK_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-HORMUZ-1788634735.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Several explosions rocked the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri after Israeli military drones dropped explosives in the area, 4 September 2026. [Screenshot / REUTERS]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1788552194.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)





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