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‘They targeted us directly’: how the Israel-Lebanon war became deadly for healthcare workers

By William Christou in Nabatieh

At least 135 medics in Lebanon have been killed by Israel’s bombardment since March From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war? Moustapha Hamze can see his house from the hospital where he works; from a distance, he tries to make out if it has been damaged. The surgeon heads to the balcony every third explosion to make sure his home was not the one targeted. His house, on the hillside village of Kfar Roummane, is about a five-minute drive from the hospital wh...