Israel has struck southern Lebanon and Beirut again on Sunday (March 8, 2026) and killed 12 more people, the Lebanese Health Ministry said, with the death toll rising to 394 as the war in West Asia keeps escalating. Iranians evacuatedMeanwhile, more than 100 Iranians, including some diplomats, were evacuated from Beirut overnight on a Russian plane, a Lebanese official said. The evacuation comes after Lebanon had banned any activity by the Guards, a main backer of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. The Israeli military said on Sunday (March 8, 2026) that two of its soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon, marking the first fatalities among its troops since Israel-Hezbollah hostilities resumed last week. Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said that 83 children and 82 women are among the 394 killed so far in the conflict.

Source: The Hindu March 08, 2026 16:56 UTC