Saturday 14 / March / 2026
Lebanon's Health Ministry said on Saturday that an Israeli airstrike in the south has killed 12 medical staff at a primary health care center.
It said doctors, nurses and paramedics were killed in the strike, while another health care worker was injured.
"Such attacks contradict international humanitarian laws protecting medical personnel," the ministry said, adding that it was the second attack on the country's health sector within hours, citing an earlier strike that killed two paramedics in the town of al-Sawwaneh.
The center hit in the more recent attack belongs to the Islamic Health Society, which is affiliated with the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah.
The ministry said the death toll could rise, as rescue operations were ongoing at the site.
The Israeli military said it was looking into the incident.
