Overview
- Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a primary care center in Burj Qalawiya was hit overnight, killing doctors, nurses and paramedics as rescue teams continued searches.
- The WHO verified the Burj Qalawiya strike and noted two paramedics were killed hours earlier in Al Sowana, reporting 27 attacks on health care since March 2 and 14 health workers killed in 24 hours.
- Official figures put the toll since March 2 at 773 dead and 1,933 injured, with more than 800,000 people displaced as bombardments strain essential services.
- Spain condemned the strike as a “flagrant and unacceptable” breach of humanitarian law, as the UN sought $325 million in emergency aid and agencies urged investigations and protection for medical staff.
- Israeli leaders warned of expanded operations while Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem vowed to confront any incursion, with additional casualties reported in new strikes including Nabatieh in the south.