The number of victims of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon has increased to 2,167 people.

Israeli strikes on Lebanese territory have killed 2,167 people since March 2. This was reported on April 15 by the Lebanese television channel LBC with reference to the Ministry of Health of the republic.

"The Ministry of Health: 2,167 dead and 7,061 injured as a result of the Israeli aggression against the country since March 2," the publication says.

Al Mayadeen TV channel reported that a week-long ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel was introduced in Lebanon from the night of April 16. According to the newspaper, the truce will remain in effect until the cease-fire between Iran and the United States expires.

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As Al Mayadeen correspondent Mohammad Karim reported on the same day, during the trilateral negotiations on the settlement of the conflict between Lebanon and Israel, the possibility of a ceasefire was never mentioned.

Marwan Abdullah, the head of the Kataib party's foreign relations department, said on the same day that the Lebanese parliament allowed the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with Israel, but only if a number of conditions were met.

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