WHO flags emergency: Israeli strikes hit medical facilities across Lebanon

The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for the “immediate protection of healthcare facilities, health workers, ambulances, and patients” across Lebanon amid Israeli attacks.

Ghebreyesus said that one of the busiest trauma hospitals in southern Lebanon, the Tebnine Governmental Hospital, was damaged in two strikes on April 12 and 14.

In a post on social media, he said at least 11 staff members were injured, while the hospital’s emergency department and equipment were destroyed. Ghebreyesus added that the pharmacy and outpatient departments were also affected.

#Lebanon’s Tebnine Government Hospital, one of the busiest trauma management hospitals in the south, was damaged due to two consecutive strikes closeby on 12 and 14 April.

11 workers were injured and the emergency department, including critical equipment such as ventilators,… pic.twitter.com/FxrmxiGcmu

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 15, 2026

“Since the start of the war, the WHO has recorded 133 attacks on health care with 88 deaths and 206 injuries. Fifteen hospitals and 7 primary healthcare centres have been damaged, and 5 hospitals and 56 primary health care centres have closed,” he noted.

The WHO chief called for “safe, sustained, and unhindered humanitarian access across Lebanon, so that life-saving services can be delivered without delay and without risk to those providing or receiving care.”

By Jeyhun Aghazada