More than 8,900 people have been killed and nearly 30,600 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since October 2023, according to Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health, with over 4,300 of those deaths occurring since March 2026 alone. Israeli forces have maintained a military occupation of southern Lebanon since March, establishing what it describes as a buffer zone, while continuing daily strikes on towns and infrastructure despite two US-brokered ceasefire frameworks signed in June. Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has rejected the latest agreement, calling it void and demanding an Israeli withdrawal, as 360,000 people remain displaced across the country and health authorities report 179 attacks on ambulance crews since March.