Lebanon says Israeli strikes near hospital killed 4, wounded 127

Published June 2, 2026 Updated June 2, 2026 05:46pm

Lebanon’s health ministry says that Israeli strikes a day earlier, near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre, killed four people and wounded 127 others, including 39 staff from the facility, AFP reports.

The ministry statement says the wounded staff at the Jabal Amel hospital comprised “four doctors, 27 nurses, and eight [administrative] employees — four of whom are in critical condition and receiving treatment in intensive care”.

The attack “also caused severe and extensive damage across the hospital’s various floors, departments, and parking lot”, it adds.

A photograph shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that struck near a hospital the previous day in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon on June 2, 2026. — AFP
A photograph shows the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike that struck near a hospital the previous day in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon on June 2, 2026. — AFP

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