The disaster left more than 150 dead in the capital. According to the health ministry, of the 5,000 people injured by the blast, at least 120 are still in critical condition.
As rescuers continue to search the rubble on Saturday (August 8th), more than sixty people remain missing in Beirut, four days after the double blast at the port that devastated the capital and killed more than 150 people, an official said. head of the Lebanese Ministry of Health. "The death toll stands at 154, 25 of which have not yet been identified," the official said.
The double explosion also left more than 5,000 injured, tens of missing and hundreds of thousands homeless in neighboring devastated neighborhoods, fueling the anger of the population against the political class, accused of incompetence and corruption. . The health ministry said on Friday that at least 120 of the more than 5,000 people injured in Tuesday's blast were still in critical condition.