HOSPITAL HIT
The ministry stated one of many strikes in Nabatieh al-Fawqa “completely destroyed” the out-of-service Ghandour hospital, decrying “one other grave violation of worldwide humanitarian regulation”.
Israel’s military stated it focused Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, together with “weapons storage amenities and terrorist constructions”, in addition to “a Hezbollah command centre that had been established inside a constructing beforehand used as a hospital”.
It had earlier issued its first evacuation discover in Lebanon in a month, warning residents close to a constructing it known as a Hezbollah facility in Arab Salim to depart forward of an assault on the location.
It didn’t situation warnings for different areas the place strikes had been reported.
Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company (NNA) stated that after the Israeli warning for Arab Salim, “enemy warplanes launched a strike on one other home, destroying it” and killing the 2 ladies.
It stated the Israeli navy subsequently carried out a strike on the constructing threatened within the evacuation warning.
On the scene of the second strike, an AFP correspondent noticed the ruins of a devastated villa, with giant ornamental columns laying on their facet subsequent to stairs suffering from rubble.
Haidar Haidar, the brother of the constructing’s proprietor, advised AFP that no one had been residing inside.
On the different web site in Arab Salim the place the 2 ladies had been killed, a mattress, furnishings and different gadgets together with a Hezbollah flag had been strewn among the many rubble, whereas neighbouring buildings had been additionally broken.
