Lebanon’s well being ministry on Tuesday stated 13 individuals, together with a toddler, had been killed in an Israeli strike close to a south Beirut hospital the earlier evening, revising upwards its preliminary toll of 4.
One other 57 individuals had been wounded within the strike close to the Rafik Hariri Hospital, Lebanon’s largest public well being facility, situated a couple of kilometres from the town centre, the well being ministry stated.
The power within the Jnah neighbourhood sustained minor injury within the strike, which flattened 4 buildings in its neighborhood, stated an AFP correspondent within the space.
Rescuers had been nonetheless looking for survivors beneath the rubble on Tuesday, stated the correspondent who heard a mobile phone ringing beneath chunks of concrete.
The strike on Monday evening got here as Israel focused Beirut’s southern suburbs with heavy strikes following evacuation warnings.
The Ouzai neighbourhood, minutes away from Jnah, was hit for the primary time in the course of the battle, Lebanon’s official Nationwide Information Company (NNA) reported.
There was no warning, nonetheless, for the realm across the Rafik Hariri Hospital, which is densely-populated and has seen an inflow of individuals displaced from areas additional south.
Practically a month of all-out warfare between Israel and Hezbollah has killed a minimum of 1,489 individuals in Lebanon, in accordance with an AFP tally of Lebanese well being ministry figures.
It has displaced greater than 1,000,000 individuals, in accordance with Lebanese authorities, with 1000’s crossing the border to neighbouring Syria.
The strikes on Ouzai and Jnah triggered an exodus of residents, piling extra strain on shelters struggling to accomodate the displaced.
