Israeli strikes damage hospital in Lebanon’s Tyre; ground invasion advances

Al Jazeera:

A hospital in the coastal Lebanese city of Tyre has been damaged by Israeli air strikes on nearby buildings that injured 11 people, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.

The director of the Lebanese Italian Hospital told the state-run National News Agency (NNA) on Saturday that the facility would “remain open to provide the necessary medical care” despite the damage.

Overnight strikes destroyed two buildings near the hospital, according to the AFP news agency. They also shattered windows in the hospital and caused suspended ceilings to collapse, the facility’s management said.

A series of attacks hit the Tyre region, including one on its port that struck a small boat and damaged others moored nearby, an AFP correspondent said. At least one person was killed in this attack, the NNA reported.

In another incident, an Israeli drone strike killed at least two people when a motorbike was targeted on the northern outskirts of Tyre, the NNA said.

Later on Saturday, the Israeli military issued a forced displacement order to residents of Tyre, saying it planned further strikes on Hezbollah targets.

Tens of thousands of people have left Tyre in recent weeks, but about 20,000 remained, including 15,000 displaced from surrounding villages. Israel has issued displacement orders for most of the city and a broad swath of southern Lebanon.

The NNA also reported that Israeli forces abducted a man in the Lebanese town of Shebaa near the Israeli border in the southeast.