Healthcare workers have been displaced and paramedics killed in the south of the country
were forced to close on Friday after Israeli bombings struck two and the other ran out of supplies, displacing a number of doctors from the area and creating concerns around the state of the Lebanese health sector.
“There was no warning to the hospital before they struck. The warning didn’t come over the telephone, it came via bombing,” Kalakish said. More than 50 healthcare workers have been killed since 23 September, when Israel started an intense aerial campaign in south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley. Paramedics all over the country have been killed and injured by Israeli airstrikes, including in a medical centre in central Beirut, where nine were killed in a strike on Thursday.
At Rafik Hariri university hospital in Beirut, the largest public hospital in Lebanon, officials said Israeli bombing of nearby Dahiyeh, a southern suburb, had displaced some of its staff, leaving some unable to come to work. The hospital has opened a dorm on its campus to accommodate some of its more vital staff and tried to find housing in safe areas for others.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Lebanon health ministry raises death toll from Israeli strike on Beirut to at least 31The Lebanese health ministry raises the death toll from an Israeli strike on Beirut's suburbs to at least 31, including three children and seven women.
Read more »
Live updates: Thousands flee Israeli strikes in Lebanon's biggest exodus and deadliest day since 2006Israel's military has launched more than 800 strikes on Lebanon targeting Hezbollah after warning residents to leave areas where the terrorist group may be operating. Follow live.
Read more »
Death toll over 550 from two days of Israeli strikes on LebanonIsrael’s military says it will do “whatever is necessary” to push Hezbollah away from Lebanon’s border with Israel.
Read more »
Smoke billows over southern Lebanon following Israeli strikesThree people have been injured in an Israeli air strike on the town of Ainata, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reports. Israel is deepening its attacks against Hezbollah in Lebanon and the public will have to remain calm the next few days, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday, signalling that he expected intensified fire from across the border.
Read more »
Israeli military chief says ground operations in Lebanon possible after strikes targeting HezbollahIsrael's military chief tells troops air strikes in Lebanon will continue in order to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure and to prepare the way for a possible ground operation by Israeli forces.
Read more »
Australians urged to leave Lebanon after 492 people killed in Israeli airstrikesForeign Minister Penny Wong said she was deeply concerned and called for de-escalation after Israel launched its most widespread wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets.
Read more »