Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Lebanon, including 12 medical workers

BEIRUT — At least 23 people, including 12 medical personnel, were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon since early Saturday, Lebanese authorities said.Four people were killed after an Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Haret Saida in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).Israeli fighter jets also struck a house in the town of Taybeh. No injuries were reported as of 0650 GMT.In Nabatieh, 12 medical workers, including doctors, paramedics, and nurses, were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a primary health care center in Burj Qalaouiyah in the district of Bint Jbeil, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Rescue teams were searching for people trapped under the rubble, the ministry said.Seven more people were killed and others were injured in another Israeli strike targeting the Al-Rahibat neighborhood, according to NNA.The Lebanese group Hezbollah began targeting Israeli military sites on March 2 in response to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, as well as Israeli strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024.Israel expanded its campaign the same day with airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.On March 3, Israel also launched a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon alongside the ongoing joint military campaign with the United States against Iran that began on Feb. 28.Lebanese authorities said Thursday that Israel’s expanded attacks have killed 733 people, injured 1,933, and displaced about 822,000 others.BEIRUT — At least 23 people, including 12 medical personnel, were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon since early Saturday, Lebanese authorities said.Four people were killed after an Israeli strike targeted an apartment in Haret Saida in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA).Israeli fighter jets also struck a house in the town of Taybeh. No injuries were reported as of 0650 GMT.In Nabatieh, 12 medical workers, including doctors, paramedics, and nurses, were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a primary health care center in Burj Qalaouiyah in the district of Bint Jbeil, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.Rescue teams were searching for people trapped under the rubble, the ministry said.Seven more people were killed and others were injured in another Israeli strike targeting the Al-Rahibat neighborhood, according to NNA.The Lebanese group Hezbollah began targeting Israeli military sites on March 2 in response to the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran that killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, as well as Israeli strikes on Lebanon despite a ceasefire reached in November 2024.Israel expanded its campaign the same day with airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut and areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.On March 3, Israel also launched a limited ground incursion into southern Lebanon alongside the ongoing joint military campaign with the United States against Iran that began on Feb. 28.Lebanese authorities said Thursday that Israel’s expanded attacks have killed 733 people, injured 1,933, and displaced about 822,000 others.