Israel maintains that they’re exclusively attacking Hezbollah in their invasion of Lebanon, and that they take extraordinary measures to avoid hitting civilians. The sheer number of times they’ve attacked hospitals, however, especially in the city of Tyre, challenges those claims.
Once again Thursday, Israeli forces struck the area near the Hiram Hospital in Tyre, killing one and wounding 17, including a number of nurses and other hospital employees and damaging the hospital. This is the second time this month that specific hospital was hit, and the fifth time in June that a hospital in Tyre was hit.
Eight were reported killed in Tayr Dibba and four more were reported killed in Deir Qanoun. Between those, Tyre, and a strike on Sidon, at least 13 people were killed and more than 25 others wounded across Lebanon in the past day.
Jabal Amel Hospital in Tyre, southern Lebanon, following an IDF strike | ©MSF
The Lebanese Health Ministry reports 3,711 people have been killed so far since Israel’s invasion in early March, and 11,483 others have been wounded. The ministry further reports 132 healthcare workers have been killed, and 393 were wounded.
Israeli ground troops continue to expand northward into Lebanon, claiming to have seized full “operational control” over the area north of the Saluki stream, which is some 10 km north of the border. This is the furthest into Lebanon troops have claimed to have seized since this war began.
Hezbollah continues to resist the invasion, and reportedly hit a group of IDF troops in southern Lebanon. The exact location was not disclosed, but the IDF reported one soldier, a female, was moderately wounded in the explosion.
