AFP- 19/8/2006
 

BEIRUT - The Israeli offensive on Lebanon has left at least 1,287 people, nearly all civilians, dead and 4,054 wounded, according to an AFP count based on official figures on Saturday.
At least 1,140 civilians -- 30 percent of them children under 12 -- have been killed along with 43 Lebanese army and police troops in the month-long offensive that ended on Monday, the state High Relief Committee said.

The HRC tolls do not count people still believed to be under the rubble in various locations across the country.

The Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah has announced the death in action of 74 combatants while the allied Amal movement lost 17 militants.

The radical pro-Syrian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) of Ahmad Jibril said two of its militants were killed in Israeli raids.

Israeli strikes also killed four United Nations observers and one member of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Six people were killed and 13 others wounded by the explosion of Israeli bomblets since the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect on Monday, police said.