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Israeli Strikes Hit Southern Lebanon, Kill Paramedics and Damage Hospital

The strikes threaten the fragile U.S.‑brokered truce, raising diplomatic pressure after recent U.S. sanctions on Hezbollah-linked figures.

Overview

  • Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Friday that Israeli airstrikes in the Tyre and surrounding districts killed around 10 people, including multiple paramedics and a Syrian child.
  • The Israeli military said its surveillance tracked and struck two armed individuals and said it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in Tyre with measures intended to limit civilian harm.
  • Hiram hospital in Tyre sustained damage in an overnight strike, hospital officials said patients were moved to safer rooms and staff were injured but no patients were killed.
  • Washington this week imposed sanctions on figures it described as linked to Hezbollah, including some Lebanese security officers, prompting Lebanon’s military to publicly affirm the loyalty of its personnel.
  • The attacks underscore how the U.S.‑brokered ceasefire from mid‑April remains fragile, increasing the risk of wider escalation and worsening humanitarian access and protection for health workers in southern Lebanon.