Lebanon: Deadly Israeli strike hits close to Beirut’s main hospital

At least 18 people, including a child, have been killed in an Israeli strike near a hospital in southern Beirut, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health says. The overnight attack near Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon’s biggest public health facility, located a few kilometres from the city centre, also wounded 57 people, the ministry said on Tuesday. Rescuers were searching for survivors beneath the rubble. Israel had issued evacuation warnings shortly before targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs with heavy strikes.