US EditionDoctors warn that Israel is targeting Lebanon's health care system
The Lebanese health ministry says Israeli strikes have hit emergency crews 152 times and forced the closure of six hospitals and 49 clinics.
- Since the conflict reignited on March 2, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 54 health professionals and forced the closure of six hospitals and 49 health clinics, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz promised last week to "flatten all the houses in southern Lebanon," following the model used in Gaza to protect border towns from Hezbollah rockets.
- In Sidon, Dr. Mohammed Ziara established the country's first specialized burn unit treating casualties from a war that has killed 1,461 people and wounded 4,430, according to the ministry.
- Over 1 million civilians have fled north due to sweeping Israeli evacuation orders, while hospital transfers require complex coordination with the Lebanese army and the United Nations, creating potentially life-threatening delays.
- Israel claims Hezbollah's use of medical facilities makes them legitimate military targets, though it offers no evidence; watchdogs note this mirrors justifications for the deaths of 1,700 health workers in Gaza.
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Health care workers in Lebanon face Israel's illegal attacks
Real journalists wrote and edited this (not AI)—independent, community-driven journalism survives because you back it. Donate to sustain Prism’s mission and the humans behind it. Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon and Beirut killed more than a dozen people on April 5, as Israel threatened to destroy bridges connecting Lebanon to other parts of the country and Syria. Israel’s illegal invasion and ground siege continues with deliberate attacks on…
Israel is ’systematically’ killing Lebanese healthcare workers
Israel has killed 56 emergency workers since expanding its war on Lebanon, with the claim that it wants to weaken Hezbollah. The latest incident saw two medics killed in an Israeli strike in the southern district of Bint Jibeil on Monday. A third was seriously injured. "When you look at the health care personnel who have been killed, they have been killed in a very brazen way," said Firas Abiad, the former Minister of Health in Lebanon. "Some …
Two years ago, doctor Mohammed Ziara saw Israel devastate Gaza's health system by bombing hospitals, attacking ambulances and forcing patients to evacuate.
Dr. Mohammed Ziara works with British No Profit organization Interburns
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