Lebanon: WHO official reports Zionist attacks on health facilities

During a Geneva press briefing on Tuesday, the WHO official in Lebanon, Abdinasir Abubakar, said that some hospitals in the country were “overwhelmed” by the thousands of wounded people arriving.

Abubakar also reported the martyrdom of four healthcare workers on Monday in the aftermath of aggressive Zionist attacks.

“We have some evidence, and we have some documentation that shows that at least there were some attacks on health facilities, even the ambulances as well,” he told the briefing, condemning the Zionist aggression’s impact on Lebanon’s already fragile health sector.

In another context, the UN refugee agency’s spokesperson, Matthew Saltmarsh, said more people are expected to flee their homes and that the agency is seeking to provide new shelters for displaced people around Beirut and the Bekaa valley.

“We’re looking at tens of thousands (of displaced), but we expect that those figures will start to rise,” he said. “The situation is extremely alarming. It’s very chaotic, and we are doing what we can to support government.”