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UN reports damage to Lebanese hospital, restricted UNIFIL movement and constrained aid access to Gaza
Summary
The United Nations said strikes damaged the only trauma center near Temin, injuring staff, and UNIFIL reported frequent firing incidents and a nearby drone detonation; aid deliveries to Gaza remain constrained with only half of incoming trucks offloaded at Kerem Shalom in mid-May.
The United Nations told reporters that hostilities in Lebanon continue to exact a heavy civilian toll, including damage to medical facilities and constraints on humanitarian access.
The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health reported that strikes near Temin government hospital injured nine people, including seven staff members, and damaged the emergency room, the intensive care unit and the chemotherapy department. The press officer said this was at least the third time the facility, the only operating trauma center in the area, had been damaged by hostilities.
UNIFIL reported multiple firing incidents attributed to the Israeli Defense Forces and projectiles attributed to Hezbollah across its area of operations, and described extensive air activity and heavy weapons use. The briefing noted a presumed Hezbollah drone detonated within meters of UNIFIL’s headquarters in Nakura; personnel were reported safe but temporarily relocated to bunkers. UNIFIL also reported a temporary obstruction of a street near its perimeter wall by the IDF, which was later cleared.
Despite insecurity, UNIFIL and OCHA’s civil–military coordination facilitated four humanitarian missions to assist affected populations in southern Lebanon, the press officer said.
Separately, the press officer said aid workers' ability to support people in Gaza continued to be hindered. Data for the first 18 days of May showed only around half of aid trucks coming from Egypt could be offloaded at the Kerem Shalom/Abu Salem crossing, which is controlled by Israeli authorities; when trucks are returned, fewer supplies reach people in need and time and funds are lost.
The briefing also relayed that FAO recorded modest increases in small livestock in Gaza (sheep up 33% and goats up 8% since November, as stated in the briefing) linked to emergency aid; full recovery of the agricultural sector requires approval from Israeli authorities to permit entry of additional inputs and equipment.
