To describe its strategy in this war, the Israeli military invokes the devastation it wrought in Gaza after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks. "I was besieged in a hospital," Ziara said of his work in Gaza. The Israeli military argues that Hezbollah's use of medical facilities makes them legitimate military targets under international law. "It appears impunity has emboldened the Israeli military." They hit us and we still don't know why," he said from the Sidon hospital.

Source: The Telegraph April 06, 2026 09:10 UTC