Israeli strikes near Tyre hospital killed 4, wounded 127
Lebanon's health ministry said Tuesday that Israeli strikes a day earlier near a hospital in the southern city of Tyre killed four people and wounded 127 others, including 39 staff from the facility.
The ministry statement said the wounded staff at the Jabal Amel hospital were "four doctors, 27 nurses, and eight (administrative) employees -- four of whom are in critical condition and receiving treatment in intensive care".
The attack "also caused severe and extensive damage across the hospital's various floors, departments, and parking lot"," it added.
Source: Agence France Presse
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