Lebanon’s health ministry said 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike near a south Beirut hospital, AFP reports.

Another 57 people were wounded in the strike late on Monday near the Rafic Hariri Hospital, Lebanon’s biggest public health facility, located a few kilometres from the city centre, the health ministry said.

The facility in the Jnah neighbourhood sustained minor damage in the strike, with windows shattered and its solar panels destroyed, its director said.

In the vicinity, four buildings were flattened by the strikes, said an AFP correspondent in the area.

Rescuers were on Tuesday still searching for survivors, amid fears that the toll may rise further.