Hospitals overwhelmed and communities destroyed: Lebanon reels from Israel’s unprecedented attacks | CNN

At the doors of Beirut’s Rafik Hariri University Hospital, the human cost of Israel’s weeks-long assault on Lebanon was etched on the faces of desperate families waiting for news of their loved ones. Ambulance doors were opened right at the entryway in an attempt to shield the scene. Body bags, one after another, were swiftly carried inside. “There are many martyrs. Unfortunately, a number of them are still waiting to be identified,” the hospital’s director, Mohammad Zaatari, told CNN. Despite being the largest public hospital in Lebanon, and operating at full capacity, the facility falls within an Israeli-ordered evacuation zone — meaning it, too, could become a target. With hundreds of patients, including those in intensive care, evacuation is not an option. Outside the hospital’s doors, Mohamed Jirani was pacing. His uncle had been admitted after an apartment building was hit by an Israeli airstrike on April 8. “They’re not hitting fighters. Most of the injured were women and children, or displaced people,” he told CNN. “Why are they targeting civilians when we don’t have weapons? Go to any hospital in Beirut and try to find me one Hezbollah fighter. They