BEIRUT: Israel's military issued an evacuation warning for several neighbourhoods in and around Tyre in south Lebanon on Saturday, after the health ministry reported a hospital damaged in strikes on nearby buildings. Israel has carried out strikes across Lebanon and launched a ground invasion in the south after Hezbollah entered the war in the Middle East on the side of its backer Iran on March 2. Tens of thousands of people have left Tyre, but around 20,000 remain, including 15,000 displaced from surrounding villages, despite Israeli evacuation warnings covering most of the city and a broad swathe of the south.
Saturday's warning on follows strikes that wounded at least 11 people, including three civil defence members, and damaged a major hospital, the health ministry in Beirut said. The director of the Lebanese Italian Hospital told the state-run National News Agency (NNA) that it would "remain open to provide the necessary medical care" despite the damage.
Overnight strikes destroyed two buildings nearby, shattering windows and also causing suspended ceilings to collapse in the hospital, management said. A wave of attacks hit the Tyre area on Saturday, including one on its port that struck a small boat and damaged others moored nearby.
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