From Lebanon says hospitals in southern Beirut being evacuated
Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanon’s health ministry says that hospitals in Beirut’s southern suburbs would be evacuated after heavy Israeli strikes in the area, urging hospitals in unaffected areas to stop admitting non-urgent cases.
Beirut’s southern suburbs are a known Hezbollah stronghold.
A ministry statement calls on hospitals unaffected by Israeli strikes to “stop receiving non-emergency cases until the end of next week in order to make space to receive patients from hospitals in Beirut’s southern suburbs which will be evacuated due to the developments in the aggression”. The health ministry has yet to provide an updated toll for strikes.
