}}Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon Hezbollah–Israel conflict Lebanon Iran, Iraq and Syria Yemen and the Red Sea Deaths Related topics Israeli attacks on the Lebanese health sector during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) were proportionally more deadly than any other war in the world between 7 October 2023 and 18 November 2024, including the Israel–Hamas war and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[7][8] Paraphrased, Article 19 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states that: “Hospitals and other medical facilities are civilian objects protected by international humanitarian law”.
[3] Human Rights Watch has reported clear war crimes among some Israeli strikes against the Lebanese health sector.
[1][2] 226 health workers and patients were killed in Lebanon and 199 more were injured between October 7, 2023, and November 18, 2024, according to the Healthcare Attacks Monitoring System.
[29][30] "Emergency services affiliated with Hezbollah and its allies were hardest hit, according to a Health Ministry tally, but teams from the Lebanese Red Cross and the government-run Civil Defense also came under fire," according to the Washington Post.