According to the preliminary medical reports, the station said that 12 people have so far been accounted among the killed in the explosion. Toll rises to 23 killed, 146 injured in Beirut blasts BEIRUT, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the twin bombings that rocked area Tuesday near the Iranian embassy in Beirut rose to 23 killed and 146 others injured, the Lebanese caretaker health minister said. Ali Hassan Khalil said that the toll from the blast, which took place in Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of the capital, could rise further, according to the state-run National News agency (NNA).