In a south Lebanon hospital heavily damaged by deadly Israeli strikes nearby, Dr Nasser al-Masri held a new-born baby, calling him "a message of life and hope" despite the war.
Israeli strikes near the Jabal Amel hospital in Tyre on Monday killed four people and wounded 127, including four doctors, 27 nurses, and eight administrative employees, Lebanon's health ministry said.
They also caused "severe and extensive damage" to the facility, it added.
"Despite everything that happened yesterday, there was a scheduled delivery today... (and) the mother insisted on delivering at the hospital," Dr Masri said.
"This baby was born today, he's just a few minutes old... He brought us a message of life and a message of hope for the future."
Glass was scattered across some hospital rooms on Tuesday, while dust and debris covered beds and tables.
Medication was strewn on corridor floors, and staff tried to work as others cleaned up around them.
"We're taking in any patient that comes to us," Dr Masri said, adding that "even two hours after the raids, we were able to work normally, and the administration is determined to stay and work".
Around the hospital, the devastation was stark: a nearby building had been levelled, others were severely damaged and debris was scattered round near parked ambulances.
The roof of the hospital's parking collapsed, crushing several vehicles. Bulldozers worked to clear away the rubble.
Inspecting the damage, Mohammad Derbaj, head of the hospital's maintenance department, charged that "the civilian buildings were not the intended target, but rather Jabal Amel was targeted in order to put it out of service, but we are steadfast".
"What happened has increased our determination and strength," he added, as the hospital administration "made a decision yesterday that the hospital will return... We will work day and night to restore the hospital to what it was".
Israeli strikes have not spared Lebanese hospitals since the start of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2.
The health ministry says 17 hospitals have been damaged, with three forced to close, and 128 rescuers and medical personnel have been killed.
The Lebanese Italian hospital in Tyre was also damaged by an Israeli attack in April.
A strike last month near the city's Hiram hospital wounded 13 staff and damaged it, according to the ministry.
At Jabal Amel hospital on Tuesday, Hussein Qassir, head of the intensive care unit, told AFP they transferred patients from one ICU ward after it sustained significant damage in the airstrikes.
"We were expecting a strike near or adjacent to the hospital... but I didn't expect that the intensive care unit would be this damaged (but) the situation could have been so much worse.
"Despite this, we continue... it is our duty."
Abdinasir Abubakar, World Health Organisation Representative to Lebanon, said on Tuesday that "two out of three hospitals" in the Tyre district, Jabal Amel and Hiram, "are damaged although continuing to function, and the third hospital is overwhelmed as it deals with an influx of injured patients".
The historic city in southern Lebanon, which still hosts thousands of displaced people from nearby areas, has been subject to repeated Israeli strikes that have continued despite an April 17 ceasefire agreement that has not been respected by either Israel or Hezbollah.
Israel's military has repeatedly warned residents of Tyre and its surroundings to evacuate in preparation for what it said are operations against Hezbollah.
Staffer Khalil Mustapha, displaced from the border town of Aitaroun, took shelter in the hospital after losing his home.
"I no longer have a home. Israel destroyed it and I came to the hospital. I never expected their level of criminality would reach this point," he said.
Zainab Fakih, who works in the laboratory, was sitting with her colleagues when the attack came.
"We were terrified... We opened the doors and rubble rained down on us, but luckily no one was hurt," she said.
"We didn't think they would bomb the area around the hospital. But we come here because this is our job, even though our families object", fearing for their safety.