Israel is continuing its campaign of murder and destruction against medical care. AP, citing Lebanon’s heath ministry, reported last night that Israeli airstrikes killed a hospital director at his home in northeastern Lebanon and six others, while at least five paramedics were killed by Israeli strikes in the country’s south on Nov. 22. The Health Ministry said that the strike, which came without warning, targeted Dr. Ali Allam’s house near Dar Al-Amal Hospital, the largest health center in Baalbek-Hermel province, which has provided vital health services amid Israel’s campaign of airstrikes. The ministry described his death as a “great loss,” and provincial governor Bachir Khodr said in a post on X that, “Mr. Allam was one of the best citizens of Baalbek.”
In two episodes on Nov. 22, the AP report adds, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed five paramedics with Hezbollah’s medical arm, the Health Ministry said, terming it a “war crime.”
In a Nov. 22 report, the World Health Organization said nearly half of all attacks on health care in Lebanon since Oct. 7, 2023, have resulted in fatalities. “This is a higher percentage than in any active conflict today across the globe,” WHO said. In Lebanon, 226 health workers and patients were killed and 199 were injured between Oct. 7, 2023 and Nov. 18, 2024, the report said.
In Gaza, Israeli strikes hit Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of the few hospitals still partially operating in the northernmost part of the territory, wounding 9 medical staff and damaging its generator and oxygen systems, the hospital director said Nov. 22. Hossam Abu Safiya said strikes before dawn Friday hit the entrance of the emergency unit as well as in the hospital courtyard. He said 6 staff were wounded, including two critically. Friday night, Nov. 22, he said an armed drone hit the entrance again, wounding 3 staffers. Israel’s military claimed it knew of no strikes in the area.
