Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Tuesday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon a day earlier killed at least 63 people and wounded 234.
The Israeli strikes on Monday included an attack that hit residential buildings near the Rafik Hariri University Hospital just outside of Beirut. The strike killed at least 18 people, including four children, and wounded 60.
The strike was not preceded by an evacuation order and also damaged the nearby hospital, shattering windows and solar panels located on the roof. The Israeli military insisted it didn’t target the hospital and said the attack was aimed at a “Hezbollah terror target” but offered no evidence for the claim.
Israeli strikes continued to pound Lebanon on Tuesday, with four reported in Beirut’s southern suburbs of Dahieh. One strike near where Hezbollah was conducting a press conference leveled an 11-story apartment complex.
According to AFP, an Israeli strike on the southern city of Nabatieh wounded three paramedics who were working with UN peacekeepers on a rescue mission. Israeli strikes were also reported near the southern city of Tyre.
According to the latest figures from Lebanon’s Health Ministry, Israel has killed at least 2,530 in Lebanon since October 2023. An AFP tally of the ministry’s numbers found at least 1,552 have been killed since Israel dramatically escalated its airstrikes in Lebanon on September 23.
