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

<article data-history-node-id="441582" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-says-israeli-strikes-south-kill-5-wound-hospital-staff" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/lebanon-says-israeli-strikes-south-kill-5-wound-hospital-staff" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Lebanon says Israeli strikes on south kill five, wound hospital staff</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed five people, including a child, and wounded 48, the Lebanese health ministry said.</p> <p>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 centres", the ministry said in a statement.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A photograph shows the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in the Burj al-Chamali area near the southern city of Tyre, on June 2, 2026." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6d0e14a0-e71c-4385-a42e-196d4e877f0a" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/A%20photograph%20shows%20the%20aftermath%20of%20Israeli%20airstrikes%20in%20the%20Burj%20al-Chamali%20area%20near%20the%20southern%20city%20of%20Tyre%2C%20on%20June%202%2C%202026.%20%28AFP%29.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="A photograph shows the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in the Burj al-Chamali area near the southern city of Tyre, on June 2, 2026." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A photograph shows the aftermath of Israeli air strikes in the Burj al-Chamali area near the southern city of Tyre, on 2 June 2026</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>