Death toll surpasses 1,000 in Lebanon as Israeli bombardment continues

At least 40 medical workers among those killed as rights groups urge Israel to end attacks on Lebanon health facilities.More than 1,000 people have been killed in intensified Israeli attacks across Lebanon this month, according to local authorities, as the United Nations and other rights groups say Israel’s bombardment of the country may amount to war crimes.The Lebanese Ministry of Health said on Thursday that Israeli attacks have killed 1,001 people in Lebanon since March 2, including 79 women, 118 children and 40 healthcare workers. More than 2,584 people have been wounded.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why Israel targets Beirut’s Dahiyeh and what the suburb means to Lebanonlist 2 of 3Iran war: What is happening on day 20 of US-Israel attacks?list 3 of 3Israeli air raids devastate southern Lebanon, dozens killed in two daysend of listIsraeli attacks on Lebanon intensified in early March after Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel in response to the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran.The Israeli bombardment has forced more than one million people out of their homes across the country’s south and several parts of the capital, Beirut.Israel’s military has bombed residential buildings and other infrastructure, and launched a widening ground operation in southern Lebanon, in a campaign that it says is targeting Hezbollah.The Lebanese armed group has responded by firing barrages of rockets into northern Israel and engaging Israeli forces on the ground in the south.Earlier this week, a spokesperson for UN human rights chief Volker Turk said some of the Israeli attacks may amount to war crimes.“International humanitarian law demands distinction between military targets and civilians and civilian objects and insists on feasible precautions being taken to protect civilians. Deliberately attacking civilians or civilian objects amounts to a war crime,” the spokesperson said.