Lebanese healthy ministry says Israeli strikes in Tyre wounded 37, including 9 women and 4 children

Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli strikes on the Tyre district wounded at least 37 people, including six hospital personnel, nine women and four children, as the two countries’ envoys started a second day of peace talks in Washington.

The IDF said earlier it launched airstrikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in the Tyre area, following evacuation warnings.

United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon Imran Riza condemns the “unacceptable” toll from continued attacks, saying that “diplomatic efforts now offer a critical opportunity to stop the violence.”

An AFP correspondent reported a series of strikes, two of them near the city of Tyre, while state media said another targeted a centre run by a local NGO near a hospital.

Hafez Ramadan, a resident near the building targeted by the airstrike, says it had housed people who had fled their towns due to the war, and was adjacent to a hotel where more displaced were staying.

“There are only women, children and the elderly here,” he claims. “Because of this strike, people have been displaced again.”