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Lebanese hospital offers tour to refute Israel’s bunker claims
The administrator of the Sahel General Hospital in Beirut’s southern suburbs has offered to give journalists a tour to disprove an Israeli claim that Hezbollah is storing “millions of dollars in gold and cash” there, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
The Israeli army “didn’t show any proof” to back up its claims, Al Jazeera’s Laura Khan reported from the Lebanese capital. “But it made the hospital essentially a target, so the hospital director immediately said they would start evacuating” on Monday, Khan said.
Israeli forces have directly attacked hospitals and health workers in both Lebanon and Gaza on multiple occasions, with Israeli officials offering scant and sometimes spurious claims to justify their actions.
Paramedics check an ambulance that was destroyed by an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of al-Habbariyeh in March
Planes forced to switch runways after Israeli strikes near Beirut airport, says security official
Lebanon’s national airline had to switch landing strips on Monday due to Israel’s attacks near the main runway at Beirut international airport, a Lebanese security source has told the AFP news agency.
“Middle East Airlines switched the runway it was using because the main runway is close to the site of the Ouzai strike,” said the official, who requested anonymity.
Number of injured in Israeli attack near Beirut hospital rises
The Lebanese Health Ministry says at least 32 people were injured in the attack near Rafik Hariri Hospital, up from a preliminary toll of 24 wounded.
As we reported earlier, at least four people – including a child – were killed in the Israeli assault near the hospital.
UN-supported shelter for women and girls destroyed in south Beirut
The UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, UNFPA, says a shelter for women and girls was destroyed in attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sunday night.
The space was a “home-away-from-home” that “changed the lives of dozens of women and girls” escaping gender-based violence, the agency said in a post on social media. It was run by UNFPA partner Amel Association International, it added.
Beirut has come under repeated Israeli bombardment in recent days, including at least 12 Israeli missiles that hit its southern suburbs on Sunday night.
Humanitarian situation in Lebanon deteriorating quickly: Aid worker
Zeina Salhani of the Humanity & Inclusion aid group says the NGO’s team and partners are trying to respond to the needs of displaced people in Beirut, in the north and other areas. “We are talking about massive needs as the humanitarian situation has recently seen a very quick deterioration,” she told Al Jazeera from Beirut.
Salhani said about 1.5 million people have been rapidly displaced to move to safer areas of the country. “Lebanon is also still witnessing an economic collapse, with over 80 percent of the population below the poverty line,” she said.
Salhani added: “The country is also hosting 1.5 million Syrian refugees and has a collapsed healthcare system, which makes the situation more and more difficult.”
