At least 3,123 killed and 9,506 have been injured since start of Israeli assaults on Lebanon in March 2026<\/p>\n
At least 15 people were killed and dozens of others injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting southern Lebanon on Saturday, Lebanon\u2019s Health Ministry and National News Agency (NNA) said.<\/p>\n
In the latest attacks, five people, including children, were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the town of Seir al-Gharbiya in southern Lebanon\u2019s Nabatieh district.<\/p>\n
At least 25 medical, nursing and administrative staff members at Hiram Hospital in southern Lebanon were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting the immediate vicinity of the facility.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the ministry said the strikes caused \u201cvarious injuries\u201d among staff members at the hospital in the Tyre district and resulted in \u201csevere damage\u201d to the facility.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the second time in less than two months that the hospital has been exposed to such dangers due to repeated Israeli attacks,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
The ministry said the strikes constitute \u201cadditional evidence of the Israeli enemy\u2019s violation of international humanitarian law, which stipulates the protection of health facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Israeli strikes targeting an orchard in the Baqbouq area north of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killed five people and injured two others. The body of a woman remained trapped under the rubble due to the intensity of the airstrikes.<\/p>\n
In a separate attack, an Israeli drone strike on the road between the towns of Ain Baal and Housh in the Tyre district killed one person.<\/p>\n
Another Israeli strike targeted the town of Deir Qanoun al-Nahr in the Tyre district overnight, completely destroying a house and killing four people.<\/p>\n
At least 3,123 people have been killed, 9,506 injured and more than 1.6 million displaced since the start of Israeli assaults on Lebanon in March, according to Lebanese Health Ministry.<\/p>\n
Israeli attacks continue across Lebanon\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b despite a US-mediated ceasefire that formally came into effect on April 17 and was later extended until the beginning of July.<\/p>\n