Israeli strikes damage hospitaldamage hospital in southern Lebanon
Israeli strikes hit southern and eastern Lebanon on May 23, damaging a hospital in the south, according to local reporting and the hospital's chief executive.
The attacks followed overnight raids as Israel kept up pressure along the Lebanon front, raising concern for civilians and medical care in the area.
- Lebanon’s southern border region has been a major flashpoint since the 1978 and 1982 Israeli interventions.
- Hospitals in wartime are protected under international humanitarian law, though they are often still damaged by nearby fighting.
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Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to a 60-day ceasefire that mandates Israeli troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon while the Lebanese army deploys across all border crossings and the south.
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