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A reported attack near Hiram Hospital in the area around Tire injured 10 staff members and caused structural damage – the fifth incident to affect the facility since March 2, according to local authorities.
“We remain deeply concerned about the impact of ongoing hostilities on health services and people’s access to essential services,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday.
Throughout Lebanon, 17 hospitals have been damaged during the escalation that began in Marchincluding all three hospitals in Tyre.
Besides that, 135 health workers and first responders were killed, and nearly 400 others were injuredaccording to reports from the World Health Organization (WHO).
At the same time, humanitarian partners continue to provide support to affected families across the country. Since the escalation began, more than 182,000 people have received essential assistance.
Great fire
On Thursday, the UN peacekeeping mission tasked with monitoring the dividing line between Israel and southern Lebanon, UNIFILEreported “intensive air activity,” involving fighter aircraft and various unmanned aerial systems.
This included 72 violations of Lebanese airspace and a total of eight airstrikes by Israeli warplanes in UNIFIL’s area of operations.
Dujarric told reporters in New York on Friday that peacekeepers also reported seeing 531 “trajectories” recorded on Thursday: Some 526 came from Israeli positions south of the Blue Line and inside UNIFIL’s area of operations, and there were five attacks allegedly carried out by Hezbollah, with one attack crossing the dividing line.
Repair roads and bridges
Despite a significant increase in violence over the past three months, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, remains deployed in all positions in southern Lebanon and continues to carry out its mission mandated tasks.
In the last few weeks, Peacekeeping forces have worked in close coordination with the national army and local governments to restore access, repair roads and bridges in their areas of operation., according to UNIFIL’s statement.
These tasks are critical – ensuring the mobility of peacekeeping forces and enabling humanitarian access in a region characterized by daily firefights, ground fighting, airstrikes, destruction and displacement.
Several roads have been repaired and roadblocks cleared in the Shama, Ramyah, Marwahin, Ayta as-Sha’b, Marjayoun, Kfar Kila and Houla areas.
Meanwhile, in locations where there are large craters or threats that make repairs impossible, peacekeepers are building bypass routes to restore access.
Chinese peacekeepers at the Mission repaired an important bridge near Al Bayyadah, which was badly damaged during hostilities.
