Lebanon raises toll to 13 killed in Israel strike near Beirut hospital

Lebanon's health ministry on Tuesday (October 22) said 13 people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike near a south Beirut hospital the previous night, revising upwards its initial toll of four, report agencies.

Another 57 people were wounded in the strike near Lebanon’s biggest public hospital, located a few kilometers from the city center, the health ministry said.
Separately on Tuesday, the Israeli military said its jets hit a Hezbollah target close to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut late on Monday but did not target the hospital, which was not affected by the strike.

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