Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Lebanon, and based on its data, the Lebanon chapter (in English and Arabic) of the 2025 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Care in the Crosshairs identified 15 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in 2025. Among incidents reported in 2025, emergency medical services (EMS) were attacked on at least nine occasions and health facilities were damaged at least six times. At least three health workers were killed.

Over half of the reported incidents involved attacks on EMS during the first five months of 2025. Damage to health facilities and health worker killings continued, despite the ceasefire, although at lower levels than in 2024. Maternal care services in Lebanon were disrupted when nearby IDF air strikes interrupted routine health services at a school, causing panic among children and teachers. All but one of the reported incidents were attributed to the IDF, often involving drone- or aircraft-delivered strikes that damaged health facilities and ambulances or struck areas in the vicinity of hospitals.

Published every two weeks, Insecurity Insight’s Attacks on Health Care New Brief tracks global threats and violence as well as protests and other events affecting the delivery of and access to health care. Explore our interactive map to see where incidents happened.