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Lebanon asks those who lost relatives in recent airstrikes for DNA samples to match with unidentified remains

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on a village near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on September 29, 2024.(AFP)
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike on a village near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on September 29, 2024.(AFP)
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30 Sep 2024 07:09:04 GMT9
30 Sep 2024 07:09:04 GMT9
  • A wave of Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon have killed more than 1,030 people

BEIRUT: Lebanese officials have asked people who lost relatives in recent Israeli airstrikes to provide DNA samples to match with unidentified remains.

Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces on Monday called on residents across the country to visit police stations with an identity card to give their samples. It said more than one person from each family should provide a sample, if possible.

A wave of Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon have killed more than 1,030 people — including 156 women and 87 children — in less than two weeks, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Satellite images show site of Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader

Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show the site of the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The images, taken Sunday by Planet Labs PBC, show the site just some 2 kilometers (1.25 miles) northeast of Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International Airport.

The images show multi-story buildings at the site now cratered in the densely populated predominantly Shiite southern Beirut suburb known as Dahiyeh.

Israel said the Friday night strike targeted a meeting at an underground Hezbollah compound located beneath the towers and at least one empty lot at the site.

AP
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