Lebanese media report one person killed in Israeli attack near hospital

The Islamic Health Committee, which is affiliated with Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group, runs the hospital in the southern city.

According to the facility management, one person was killed and ten others injured, four of them seriously.

A photographer working for AFP at the site of the strike saw a charred motorcycle near the hospital entrance.

Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has been in regular cross-border fire with Israel since the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 attack on southern Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

On Sunday, Israeli strikes also targeted motorcycles in three different locations in southern Lebanon, the NNA reported. Five Hezbollah fighters and two civilians were killed in these and other attacks.

The Iran-backed group did not immediately announce on Monday that any of its fighters had been killed.

In recent weeks, Hezbollah has stepped up its cross-border attacks, ostensibly supporting the people of Gaza and its ally Hamas, while Israel has advanced deeper into Lebanese territory.

According to the AFP news agency, at least 441 people were killed in the violence in Lebanon, most of them militants, but also 84 civilians.

According to Israel, 14 soldiers and 11 civilians were killed on its side of the border.

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