An Israeli airstrike hit a Lebanese Civil Defense center in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon.
An Israeli airstrike hit a Lebanese Civil Defence centre in the town of Dardghaya in southern Lebanon, killing five paramedics stationed there, according to a spokesperson for the centre.
The Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed the news in a statement, saying Israel has "renewed its targeting of rescue and ambulance crews tonight, disregarding international laws, norms and humanitarian conventions".Among the victims was Abdullah Al-Moussawi, head of the Tyre regional civil defence centre, spokesperson Elie Khairallah said.Before yesterday's strike, six civil defence members had been killed since last October, Khairallah said.
As of last Thursday, the health ministry reported that more than 100 paramedics had been killed by Israeli airstrikes since last October and 225 wounded, with significant damage to emergency infrastructure, including 128 ambulances and fire trucks destroyed, as well as damage to nine hospitals and 45 medical centres.A building destroyed by an airstrike in Beirut. More than 100 paramedics have been killed in the past year.
Just last week, Al-Moussawi, spoke with the Associated Press, saying the Israeli airstrikes had made his team increasingly nervous, but that they were hopeful that the international protection guaranteed to medics would extend to them as well. "We put international protection on our vehicles along with the Civil Defence flag and we wear the yellow vests," he said.
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