Casualties Rise After Israeli Strike Near Beirut Hospital

The death toll has climbed to 13, including a child, following an Israeli airstrike near a hospital on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon’s health ministry reported on Tuesday.

The ministry also stated that the number of people injured in the attack, which took place outside the Rafik Hariri University Hospital—Lebanon’s largest public hospital—has risen to 57. Of those injured, 17 were admitted to the hospital, with seven in critical condition.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike targeted what they described as a “Hezbollah terrorist site” near the hospital on Monday.

According to a CNN analysis, the location of the strike was outside the areas that had been subject to evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military.