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Three Lebanese hospitals hit by Israeli forces in under a week
TL;DR
Israeli forces have attacked three hospitals in southern Lebanon within a week, resulting in nine deaths and over 150 injuries. The strikes have primarily affected medical staff and facilities.
Key points
- Three hospitals in southern Lebanon attacked by Israel
- Nine people killed and over 150 injured
- Attacks occurred in Tebnine, Hiram, and Jabal Amel hospitals
- Medical staff were among the injured
- Director of Jabal Amel described the attack as catastrophic
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Three hospitals in southern Lebanon have been attacked by Israel in under a week, wounding more than 150 people and killing nine, according to Lebanon’s ministry of health.
Israel carried out an attack in the immediate vicinity of the public hospital in Tebnine on Wednesday, just days after strikes next to the Hiram and Jabal Amel hospitals in Tyre. The attack next to Jabal Amel on Monday killed four people and injured 127 – most of whom were medical staff.
“It was an ordinary day at the hospital and then suddenly for no reason, they targeted the hospital. It was a catastrophe,” said Wael Mroueh, the director of Jabal Amel. The strike hit the building directly in front of the hospital, levelling it.
An Israeli airstrike flattened a building outside Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre, causing serious damage to its medical facilities. Photograph: Adri Salido/Getty Images
The force of the blast knocked out the hospital’s electricity, destroyed much of the first floor and forced medical staff to evacuate patients who were hooked up to machines in the intensive care unit, which was also damaged.
Mroueh said: “I never expected something like this to happen. We prepared ourselves psychologically that maybe some of our medical staff could be targeted, but a huge strike like this, in this way. We didn’t expect it.”
The World Health Organization said the attacks deprived the most vulnerable patients of medical care. Access to essential services was already “critically constrained”, said the UN agency’s representative in Lebanon, Abdinasir Abubakar, who called for the attacks to stop
The hospitals are among the few remaining functional healthcare facilities in south Lebanon, an area which has been subject to mass displacement. The third hospital in Tyre had escaped damage but was overwhelmed and dealing with an influx of injured patients, according to Abubakar.
Q&A
How many hospitals in Lebanon were attacked by Israel recently?
Three hospitals in southern Lebanon were attacked by Israeli forces in under a week.
What were the casualties from the Israeli strikes on Lebanese hospitals?
The attacks resulted in nine deaths and more than 150 injuries, according to Lebanon's ministry of health.
Which hospitals in Lebanon were targeted by Israeli airstrikes?
The hospitals targeted include the public hospital in Tebnine, and the Hiram and Jabal Amel hospitals in Tyre.
What did the director of Jabal Amel hospital say about the attack?
Wael Mroueh, the director of Jabal Amel, described the attack as a catastrophe, stating they were targeted for no reason.
