### [2026-05-18](/feed/2026/05/18/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# The Lebanese health ministry announces that the death toll has surpassed 3,000 people, with at least 3,020 people killed and 9,273 wounded since the war began on March 2. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://aje.news/xex3gi?update=4582930)

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