Israeli air strikes have completely destroyed Ghandour Hospital in the southern Lebanese town of Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
“The Israeli air strikes carried out this morning completely destroyed Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa,” Lebanon’s Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The ministry said the attack marked “another violation of the protection afforded to medical facilities under international humanitarian law” and was compounding the heavy losses suffered by Lebanon’s health sector.
The hospital had ceased operations around two months ago as Israeli attacks intensified across Nabatieh and surrounding areas.
During previous rounds of escalation, the facility played a key role in providing healthcare to local residents and served for an extended period as a shelter for displaced people.
According to the ministry, Israeli strikes have damaged 17 hospitals across Lebanon since March 2 and put three hospitals in the south out of service.
The destruction of Ghandour Hospital came hours after a series of Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon killed four people and wounded 20 others, according to a preliminary toll from the ministry.
The attacks targeted several areas of the Nabatieh district, including Nabatieh al-Fawqa, the Al Rahibat neighbourhood of Nabatieh city, Arab Salim and Kfar Remman.
Escalating attacks
Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon have intensified in recent days after the Israeli army claimed it had intercepted a drone allegedly launched by Hezbollah towards its forces operating in what Tel Aviv calls a “security zone” in southern Lebanon.
The escalation comes despite a US-sponsored framework agreement signed on June 26 that provides for a gradual Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory in exchange for the deployment of the Lebanese army.
Israel has carried out attacks across Lebanon since March 2, killing 4,358 people, wounding 12,359 others and displacing more than one million, according to Lebanese authorities.
Israel also continues to occupy parts of southern Lebanon, including territory it has occupied for decades and other areas seized during the 2023–2024 conflict.
