Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill 5, wound hospital staff

An excavator clears the rubble of a building as rescuers search for victims one day after an Israeli airstrike that struck near a hospital in the southern port city of Tyre on June 2, 2026. (AFP)
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Updated 03 June 2026
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Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill 5, wound hospital staff

  • Those wounded in the strikes across the south included a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said.
Those wounded in the strikes across the south included “a doctor and five employees of Tebnine Governmental Hospital, which sustained damage in yet another episode of the series of attacks carried out by the Israeli enemy against hospitals and health centers,” the ministry said in a statement.