The number of people confirmed dead in an Israeli strike near a hospital in southern Beirut rose to 18 on Tuesday, as the Israeli army and Hezbollah fighters continued to wage war in Lebanon. The Lebanese Health Ministry said that four children were among the dead in the attack near the vicinity of Rafik Hariri hospital in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital. It said that some 60 were also wounded in the strike late Monday. Earlier, hospital director Jihad Saada said there was “serious property damage” to the hospital itself, with glass facades, walls and solar panels damaged from the…