At least two paramedics were killed on Saturday in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, the country’s Ministry of Health said.
The strikes happened in the southern towns of Burj Rahhal and Kafr Tibnit while the paramedics were on rescue missions, the ministry added. One attack hit a team of medics in Kafr Tibnit, also injuring others.
Two more paramedics remain missing in the same incident.
The ministry condemned what it called “savage” attacks on paramedics doing rescue work.
“This illustrates an unprecedented scale of violence that does not leave the minimum room for humanitarian values,” it added in a statement.
There was no immediate Israeli comment.
Israel on Saturday launched airstrikes on the Beirut suburb, the latest such bombardment on the area, a stronghold of the Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militia.
The strikes targeted Haret Hreik, part of the suburb known as Dahieh, and destroyed several buildings there, Lebanon’s state news agency NNA reported.
The attack followed an evacuation order from the Israeli army to residents there.
The Israeli military said it had conducted a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the Dahieh area.
NNA also reported clashes between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces after the latter attempted to enter the town of Dhayra near the border area. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. (DPA)
