HOSPITAL HIT
The ministry mentioned one of many strikes in Nabatieh al-Fawqa “completely destroyed” the out-of-service Ghandour hospital, decrying “one other grave violation of worldwide humanitarian legislation”.
Israel’s military mentioned it focused Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure, together with “weapons storage services and terrorist buildings”, 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 referred to as a Hezbollah facility in Arab Salim to go away forward of an assault on the positioning.
It didn’t difficulty warnings for different areas the place strikes have been reported.
Lebanon’s state-run Nationwide Information Company (NNA) mentioned 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 mentioned 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 aspect subsequent to stairs plagued by rubble.
Haidar Haidar, the brother of the constructing’s proprietor, advised AFP that no person had been residing inside.
On the different web site in Arab Salim the place the 2 ladies have been killed, a mattress, furnishings and different gadgets together with a Hezbollah flag have been strewn among the many rubble, whereas neighbouring buildings have been additionally broken.
