Lebanon accuses Israel of 'hostile raid' on Rafik Hariri Hospital

Lebanon’s health ministry accused Israel of conducting a "hostile raid" on Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, even as it said healthcare workers would be deterred from their work. 

“The ongoing Israeli aggression against Lebanon records a series of daily attacks that affect the Lebanese health sector. The latest of these occurred this evening with the targeting of two major hospitals in the capital and Mount Lebanon,” the ministry said in a statement. 

“After the Israeli enemy threatened the Sahel Hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which was still partially operational despite extremely difficult security conditions, a hostile raid hit one of the entrances of Rafik Hariri University Hospital," the statement said, adding that the hospital continues to operate normally.