South Lebanon hospital damaged as Israel keeps up strikes
Israel continued its military strikes on Lebanon, damaging a hospital in Tyre on May 23. Despite a ceasefire established on April 17, hostilities have persisted between Israel and Hezbollah. The hospital's CEO reported that while patients were moved to safety, some staff members sustained minor injuries during the attack.
- ▪Israeli airstrikes targeted multiple locations in southern Lebanon, including a hospital in Tyre.
- ▪The Hiram hospital sustained severe damage, with shattered glass and damaged medical equipment.
- ▪Around 40 patients were present at the hospital during the strike, but none were harmed.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 32 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Israel has damaged or destroyed 45% of towns in southern Lebanon — Le Monde (EN)
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| Publication time | Sat, 23 May 2026 19:57:00 +0800 |
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South Lebanon hospital damaged as Israel keeps up strikesSign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inboxSmoke rising from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted an area in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on May 23.PHOTO: AFPPublished May 23, 2026, 07:57 PMUpdated May 23, 2026, 07:57 PMBEIRUT - Israel kept up strikes on Lebanon on May 23, hours after overnight raids on the country’s south and east, including one that damaged a hospital, its chief executive told AFP.Israel’s military has been pounding Lebanon despite an April 17 ceasefire, while Lebanese movement Hezbollah has also kept up attacks.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Israeli airstrikes on around a dozen locations in the south on May 23, including one targeting an agricultural area,…
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