Israeli strikes killed seven people in southern Lebanon on September 6, including two women, Lebanon’s health ministry said, according to Reuters. The original Stat Crux post reflected an earlier toll of four; three more deaths were reported after a separate drone strike in Nabatieh al-Tahta.
Lebanese authorities said Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa was destroyed. The Financial Times reported that the facility was already out of service. President Joseph Aoun condemned the attacks as an escalation against civilian institutions. Israel said the former hospital building was being used as a Hezbollah command center; that claim has not been independently verified for this report.
Israel described its strikes as a response to Hezbollah drone launches. The attacks occurred despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed in June. The photograph accompanying this article is an older view of the Nabatieh district, not evidence of the hospital’s destruction or of who was present at any target.
