[News] At least 19 Lebanese hospitals were in 'Israel's' 'kill zone'

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At least 19 Lebanese hospitals were in 'Israel's' 'kill zone': CNN
Al Mayadeen English
November 2, 2024
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An investigation by CNN reveals that at least 24 hospitals were in close
proximity to "Israel's" attacks across Lebanon.
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   - A truck and ambulance burn after Israeli airstrikes hit a group of
   paramedics outside a hospital in Marjayoun, south Lebanon, Friday, October
   4, 2024. (*AP*)

Reports issued by the Lebanese Health Ministry and an investigation by *CNN*
revealed that Israeli airstrikes profusely targeted locations in dangerous
proximity to hospitals
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-raids-target-residential-areas--hospitals-threatened>,
which are protected facilities under international law.

*CNN* sampled 240 airstrikes launched by the occupation on Lebanon over the
past month, and found that at least 24 hospitals were located in a
500-meter radius from the targeted zone.

"Israel", according to the findings of the investigation, dropped its bombs
within the "lethal range", or at a distance of 340 meters from a total of
19 hospitals at least.

*CNN*'s analysis focused solely on airstrikes that were confirmed through
publicly accessible images or mentioned in Israeli military evacuation
orders from September 23 to October 23.

Trevor Ball, a former senior explosive ordnance technician for the US
military, said "Even a hospital that is not directly targeted can be damaged
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-to-build-another-hospital-in-lebanon-after-israeli-bomb>
from the blast wave or fragmentation caused by a nearby strike," noting
that fragments of the explosion could injure or kill people hundreds of
meter away if they were not adequately protected or covered.

In Beirut and its Southern Suburb, 10 hospitals were within "Israel's" kill
zone, according to the investigation.

The report further noted that "Israel" has regularly used 1,000-pound and
2,000-pound bombs on Lebanon, causing devastating destruction to
neighborhoods and towns, according to an analysis of post-strike imagery by
weapons experts.
WHO sounds alarms: Over 55 Israeli attacks on Lebanon's medical assets

The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm over "Israel's"
repeated and escalating attacks on Lebanese health workers and facilities,
expressing its "deep concern" during a United Nations session on Friday.

WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris revealed that 55 attacks have been
verified so far
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/who-sounds-alarms--over-55-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-s-medi>,
stressing that the number remains a severe underestimation of the actual
total of attacks, heightening concerns about worsening conditions for both
medical staff and patients.

The WHO's urgent call to address this issue highlights the hazards
healthcare workers encounter as violence in the region escalates.

The Lebanese Health Ministry on Thursday stated that it was witnessing a series
of attacks on medics
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--intensifies-aggression--kills-6-lebanese-medics-in>,
amounting to four consecutive assaults over a period of three hours only,
raising the death toll of medical workers and volunteers in Lebanon to 172
since the start of the aggression on Lebanon, alongside 279 injuries and
246 destroyed vehicles.

"The international community's silence toward this brutality is
unjustified, during a time when efforts should be exerted to abide by
international law and put an end to this monstrous machine that continues
to target working crews on the frontlines."
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