Death toll rises in Lebanon – Updated

WORLD09.02.2026
Death toll rises in Lebanon – Updated

Six people have died as a result of the collapse of a five-story building in Tripoli, Lebanon.

Elchi.az reports that the city’s mayor, Abdel Hamid Kerim X, wrote about this on his page.

“Currently, the bodies of 6 people have been recovered from under the rubble, and 7 people have been rescued. They were hospitalized with various injuries. Search operations are ongoing,” he said.

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The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in Tripoli, Lebanon, has reached 13.

The Lebanese National News Agency reported this.

9 people were rescued from under the rubble.

Currently, search operations by rescue teams are ongoing.