At least 25 Palestinians were aboard the vessel that tragically sunk off the Syrian coast, having departed from Minyeh in Lebanon carrying around 150 passengers, The New Arab reported. At least 94 people are now known to have died after the ship sunk while heading to Italy via the eastern Mediterranean. Of the 25 Palestinians confirmed aboard the vessel, 6 lost their lives, three have been successfully rescued while 16 are still among the missing, said the Palestinian foreign ministry. The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon earlier this week has risen to 94, after more bodies were recovered from Syria's Baniyas coast on the Mediterranean, Syrian state TV reported on Saturday. All 25 Palestinians were residents of refugee camps inside Lebanon.

Source: CBC News September 26, 2022 14:36 UTC