The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised alarm over continued attacks on healthcare facilities in Lebanon, warning that the violence is costing lives and further restricting access to essential medical services.
In its latest update, WHO reported that recent hostilities in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre have affected two of the city's three hospitals.
In an X post, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote, “Attacks on health in #Lebanon continue to take lives and deprive people of access to health care."
"Jabal Amel Hospital where according to initial reports 39 health workers were injured yesterday; and the hospital's emergency department and intensive care unit sustained severe physical damage.”
WHO said it is currently verifying the reported casualty figures and assessing the full extent of the impact.
