According to Lebanese sources, the Ghandour Hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, struck by the IDF earlier Sunday, had no medical personnel or patients at the time of the strike. The sole fatality was identified as Ibrahim Ghaddar (Abu al-Fadl Ninu'a), a senior Hezbollah commander from the village of Ghaziya in the Sidon district.
As The Zioneer reported Sunday morning, the IDF struck a building in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, southern Lebanon, which it identified as a Hezbollah command post operating out of the former Ghandour Hospital. Initial Lebanese reports, published Sunday morning, described the complete destruction of the facility. Within hours, Israeli security sources confirmed to multiple news outlets that the building was vacant and had been used by Hezbollah as a command center. The IDF officially stated that the strike targeted a Hezbollah command post in response to a drone attack on Israeli troops near the Ali Taher Ridge.
By late Sunday evening, Lebanese sources provided further detail: the hospital had no medical staff or patients at the time of the strike, and the sole fatality was identified as Ibrahim Ghaddar (Abu al-Fadl Ninu'a), a senior Hezbollah commander from the village of Ghaziya in the Sidon district. The identification reinforces the Israeli military's characterization of the target as a legitimate military objective, despite the building's civilian designation.
The strike is part of ongoing IDF operations against Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon, amid repeated ceasefire violations by the terror group. As The Zioneer has documented, Hezbollah operatives have continued to engage Israeli forces, including a grenade attack on June 26 that wounded four soldiers, and a drone strike earlier Sunday that preceded this operation.
What remains open: Hezbollah has not issued an official response to the identification of Ghaddar. The IDF has not separately confirmed his death. The degree to which the hospital building had been repurposed as a command center — and the timing of its evacuation — have not been independently verified.
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