The Lebanon’s Ministry of Health official on Tuesday said the death toll from Beirut port blast had risen to 165, as rescue operations continued in spite dimming hopes of finding survivors.
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According to a rescue worker who craved anonymity, “We are still searching, but we are losing hope.
“Families of missing people are asking us to find one body parts of their children, they are also losing hope.”
The official said that around 20 people were still unaccounted for, adding, “We believe those were very close to the warehouse where the blast took place.”
The explosion that ripped through Beirut’s port on Tuesday injured about 6,000 people, displaced between 250,000 and 300,000 others, and inflicted massive destruction across the city.
The port blast was linked to a warehouse in which some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were stored.
However, a march is planned in the evening to mark one week since the blast took place.
Meanwhile, in areas close to the blast site, people were still removing rubble from their homes.
According to a crying local resident, all I could find was my little daughter’s doll under the rubble.
The blast prompted the Lebanese Government of Hassan Diab to resign on Monday, amid calls by protesters to hold those responsible accountable.
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